>__I wasn’t sure when I started breathing again.All I remembered was the feeling of her body in my arms— limp, cold, and barely breathing.The world around me was chaos: yelling, footsteps, Miles shouting orders, men groaning on the floor where I’d left them.But all I could worry about was her.Vanessa.Her head resting against my chest, face bruised, lashes wet, skin pale as snow, breath shallow.“Stay with me,” I whispered, my voice already breaking as I pressed my cheek against her forehead. “Baby, stay with me. Please. Please.”She didn’t respond.Miles rushed to my side, breathless. “Ryker,we need to move her. Now.”I stood, lifting her carefully, cradling her like something holy. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking.And it wasn’t even because of the fight or from the blood on them. But from the terror creeping into my bones.I carried her out of that rotting warehouse, footsteps pounding, heart punching against my ribs like it wanted to break out.The second the
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