The Brother I Shouldn’t Want
Not with everything that had happened still sitting heavy in my chest, not with the image of him running for his life replaying in my head like something I couldn’t shut off.
I stayed there, sitting on the edge of the bed, watching him breathe like I needed to confirm he was actually there, that he was safe, that nothing had changed in the last few minutes.
His face was relaxed, softer than usual and it made something twist in me because just hours ago, I thought I had lost him.
I dragged a hand down my face slowly.
This wasn’t over.
Kagemoto Kazama was still out there, and if there was one thing I knew about men like him, it was that they don’t stop halfway. They don’t leave loose ends. And