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Kira's povMy heart cracked open right there.Adrian Vasilios… thinks he’s not enough for…. ME?“Adrian—”He shook his head quickly, raising a hand.“No. Just… listen.”He swallowed hard, his jaw tightening before he spoke again.“My childhood…” He let out a hollow laugh. “I don’t even remember being a kid.”His gaze drifted.“I remember training. Punishment. I remember shooting my first target at six.” His voice stayed steady, but his hands clenched. “I remember getting whipped for missing the target.”My breath caught.“I remember my first kill.”Silence.“It was my tutor. Miss Ava.” His voice dropped. “Paulo made me kill her… for getting too attached.”My hand flew to my mouth.He looked down… then laughed under his breath, like it didn’t even sound real anymore.“I don’t remember much after that,” he continued, “but I remember her… She used to sneak me food. Water. When they’d lock me up for days without eating…” His voice hardened. “My father’s idea of ‘building a man.’”His voic

Kira’s POV“If we don’t get in and out of a drive-through right now, I am going to jump out of this window.” I turned to Adrian, whose eyes remained fixed on the road as he drove to this mysterious location.He simply reached over and pulled up my window. Soon the AC started blasting through the car at full force.I stared at him in disbelief.****“Get dressed. I’m taking you out,” he’d said this morning. When I’d asked where “out” was, he’d paused, then a slow smirk had formed across his face. “Let’s just say it’s a late wedding present. Come on… you’ll love it.”I remember smiling. I’d been excited. Emphasis on ‘had been’, because excitement was not part of the million emotions coursing through me right now.Things were finally going well. We’d just moved into the new house, and I’d assumed this was going to be fun… romantic, even.But after spending the last thirty minutes with Adrian driving in complete silence, being annoyingly vague about this so-called wedding present, and lit