FIFTEEN – HOT AND COLD

MASON

"No. Please no!"

Her pained cries echo in my head, twisting a heart I never knew I had in knots.

The pain in her eyes were so haunting, so soul wrenching, I wanted to break something.

Someone hurt her, and all I want to do is strangle that person to death with my bare hands. I want his blood. I fucking thirst for it.

But I left that life a long time ago, and hell if I am ever going back.

One way or another, the person who laid violent hands on Mira will pay. And I swear on my life, I will make the earthly scumbag wish he were never born.

That's an oath I am willing to keep.

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MIRA

We make the rest of the way in stiff silence. I'm guessing the elevator is going all the way up because it is taking quite a while to get there.

The elevator finally comes to a stop, and the doors slide open, revealing the most luxurious pent house I have ever been privileged to see.

Mason leaves my shocked, gaping form behind and walks briskly into the apartment, disappearing into a hall way of so