SIERRA The back of the armored SUV smelled of iron and ozone as Alessandro’s head rested in my lap. His face was a ghastly shade of grey. Every few seconds, his body would give a jagged, shallow jerk as he fought for air, and each time, a fresh bloom of dark and thick blood soaked through my dress and into my skin."Alessandro, stay with me. Please, just look at me," I sobbed as I pressed a wad of gauze against the wounds in his back. My hands were shaking so violently that I could barely keep them in place.My heart wrenched in pain as his long, dark lashes flickered, but his eyes wouldn't find mine. "Faster!" I screamed at Marco, who was weaving the vehicle through Berlin’s evening traffic with reckless desperation. "He's losing too much blood! Why aren't we there yet?""Two minutes, Madam. Hold on," Marco uttered.I looked down at Alessandro and guilt was wrecking me inside. As I watched the life leaking out of him, a different, sharper truth pierced through my panic. I wish
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