LUCIAN“Violet!” I yelled.But my uncle was faster, grabbing her and then pushing her over to fucking Tristan. She squirmed, fear flickering in her eyes, staunch and clear as day. The bond flared like wildfire.It erupted through my chest without warning, searing hot and impossibly bright, almost blinding in its intensity.“We had a deal, yes?” Rodriguez smiled. “I’ll leave him to you then. Make sure you finish the job.”Tristan grinned manically. ‘Oh, I plan to.”Violet was so close to me now, but she wasn't free. Not yet. The connection between us pulsed with her terror, her pain, her desperate hope, and beneath it all, that fragile thread of trust that somehow hadn't broken despite everything I'd done to fracture it.Tristan held her in the center of the room, his stance relaxed and almost casual. But the tension in the air said otherwise. It was thick enough to choke on, pressing down on everyone present like a physical weight.Every one of his people present froze, waiting for hi
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