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Kingmaker

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Adele~

He looked away for a second, and when his eyes returned to mine, they were different. Haunted.

“Because everything I’ve ever let close…” he exhaled, “has either been taken from me or turned against me.”

And there it was.

The truth he’d never said out loud.

The fear.

“I’m not them,” I said, quieter now.

His brows creased slightly, “You don't understand. You can't understand.”

I reached for his hand slowly. He let me take it. Bringing it to my lips, I kissed the back of his hand. “Make me understand.”

“You can't understand it.”

“What, are you a mafia boss? A serial killer? Special forces in the military?... What exactly are you? I can understand, try me.”

Detroit didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, he stared at me like I was truly naive and needed protecting.

Then he said it, barely above a whisper, and only for me to hear.

“I’m none of that, Adele.”

My breath hitched. “Y– you're not?”

“I'm a consequence.”

I batted my eyelid softly, like I could understand if he explained a
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