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But Helios didn’t.
All he had eyes for was MJ.
“Please,” he whispered hoarsely. “Look at me. You’re safe now. Believe me.”
But still she didn’t stop screaming.
He gathered her close to him, taking off his jacket and putting it around her, leaving behind two dead bodies on the marble table. The other man had died with a shot to the head, Helios managing to grab a gun from one of Manolito’s men as he charged towards MJ.
He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “I’m here now, baby. Do you hear me? No one’s going to hurt you anymore.”
But she only answered him with more screams.
Helios gazed down at her face, and the devastating pain in her eyes made him swallow. Tears stung his eyes, tears he wanted to shed for her because it seemed like she didn’t even want to allow herself the relief of tears, didn’t want to allow herself to escape the nightmarish world she had exiled herself into.
“MJ, I’m here.” His voice broke. “Please come back to me. Please.”
But she had no answers except for more screams.
Chapter Twelve
“You’re looking strongerevery day,” Katya said with a smile as she kissed her half-sister on the cheek before sitting next to the bed.
MJ forced a smile. “I’m glad.” But a part of her thought that the truth was the opposite. The stronger her body was, the weaker her mind became. Every day, the nightmares got worse but she did her best to keep it hidden from everyone, swallowing her screams to herself.
It had been a month since she had been taken to the hospital. A month of trying to forget the time she had spent with Manolito Chavez...and failing. A month of refusing to see or even hear from Helios Andreadis...and succeeding. But until when?
It was that question which troubled her the most, which was why MJ was determined to talk to Katya today. “Katya?”
“Yes?” She tried not to show how startled she was that MJ had taken the initiative to speak to her. It wasn’t that MJ felt awkward with her now that she knew they were half-sisters. It was only that MJ had changed, and most of the time she would spend her days staring and saying nothing.
“Do you think you...you and Ioniko can take me away from here?”
Katya started at the request. “Yes, but...is there a place you want to go?”
Looking away, she whispered, “Anywhere...any place that Helios wouldn’t be able to reach me.”
