Bittersweet A Novel Novels & Stories

{Dominic} Blood. It was all I could taste. Bitter. Metallic. Filling my mouth, my lungs. Snow pressed against my back like knives. Every flake seared into my open wounds, freezing fire against the corruption already eating me alive. My body wouldn’t move. Too heavy. Too broken. Each breath felt like dragging glass through my chest. I blinked, but the world came in broken fragments. Blurred shadows. White ground. A sky that spun. And then—

“Liam you don’t understand, you have to think clearly. The man who killed your parents is almost dead and is counting on his last breaths. His two right hands were executed by you yourself. Don’t you think it’s enough?” “No it’s not enough!” he shouted and then buried his face in his palms. “Are you crying?” I asked in astonishment. Oh my God, he was actually crying. Liam Lautner was crying. “I should call Cassie” “No wait, don’t tell her that her Mafia husband is weeping like a kid demanding for an ice cream” he chuckled and wiped his tears. “Look Liam, you are one of the luckiest persons on earth. You’ve got Cassie beside you as your wife. You should be very thankful to God.” He held his h