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“Who the fuck are you?” I whirled on him with violence. My hip threatened to knock me out, and my voice wavered with grief I couldn’t quite swallow. “Go away, old man! This is embarrassing enough without a complete stranger butting in where he doesn’t belong.”
Jack’s eyes widened.
His mouth fell open.
I glowered at him as if I was one moment away from punching him.
The officers shifted, and one of them touched my elbow. “Let’s go. We’ll continue our questions elsewhere.”
“No, you can’t,” Jack grunted. “You can’t take him.”
“I told you!” I growled, pointing my finger in his face. “Stay the fuck out of it. Go away.”
He trembled and shook his head.
Everything inside me gagged on despair.
I wanted him to fix this.
I’d give anything for him to find a way to take me home with him. Back to Nerida. Back to anonymity.
But I wouldn’t let him pay for my mistakes.
I wouldn’t let him suffer for the selfish decision I’d made to trespass on their lives.
I couldn’t talk my way out of this. I had no ID. My injuries lined up with those used to confirm who I was. My own fucking father’s face condemned me to my death.
My only options were to outright fight when I was barely strong enough to walk, or...say goodbye to a life I wanted more than anything and protect those who’d loved me for eight incredible years. Eight years that I wouldn’t have had without them. Eight years where I’d loved blindingly, lusted obsessively, and would always be so fucking grateful at finding my soulmate so young.
Neri.
What I wouldn’t give to see her again.
To tell her how sorry I was.
To find a way to give her back her heart so I didn’t take it with me when I died.
Neri...
Her name was a bullet to my chest, an axe to my neck.
“Aslan Kara, please step inside the vehicle,” thin-lipped guy said. “Time to go.”
Jack raised his hand. “Wait, you can’t—”
“Enough!” I roared. “I told you to butt out. This doesn’t concern you.”
My eyes met his.
His filled with tears.
I couldn’t look at him.
I’d break.
Balling my hands, I marched as steadily as I could toward the silver SUV.
The flash of handcuffs swung in one of the guy’s hands, revealing how close they’d been to arresting me in full view of injured people and my father-in-law.
