I AM YOURS TO PLAY
It was a ploy to make the bureau think that they’d won, they’d already made the plans to swap Lucian for Ryan, and pin him as their biggest target of the year, but it was our game, our deception to keep me clean, to keep me alive.
I reached D-17, the cell’s door a slab of steel, its window dark. I slid the stolen key, in my hands steady, the lock turning, the door creaking open. Lucian sat on the bunk, his silhouette sharp, his eyes glinting in the dim light, his face bruised but unbroken, his lips curling into a faint smile.
“Butterfly, you’re late,” he said, his voice low, rough, his eyes locking on mine, a spark of warmth cutting through the cell’s chill.
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