[Elena's POV]Noah's thumb was pressing hard against my bottom lip, pinning me in place. His blue eyes were searching my face, looking for a lie.Who is Ryan?I couldn't tell him the truth. I couldn't say, "Ryan is the leader of the gang that tortured your nephew. He's also my brother, and I love him."If I said that, Noah would kill me. Or worse, he would kill Adrian.My mind raced. I needed a lie. A good one. A sad one. Noah didn't care about sad stories, which meant he wouldn't dig too deep."He's... nobody," I whispered, forcing my voice to tremble just enough."Nobody?" Noah raised an eyebrow, his wet hand sliding down my throat to rest over my pulse. "You don't beg for 'nobody' in your sleep, Elena. You sounded desperate.""He was my neighbor," I lied, looking down at his chest. "When I was a kid. In the foster home, before my dad came back for us."I swallowed hard. "He was older. He used to protect me from the other kids. He gave me his extra food. He was... like a big brother
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