Claimed by the Mafia Biker
“So what, I just trust you? Trust the same world that already ruined me once?”
Blade’s expression hardened. “You think I don’t get it? You think I don’t know what this life costs?”
“Do you?” I shot back. “Because every time I close my eyes, I see blood. I see Cruz walking away, covered in it. I see—” My throat locked, but the words clawed their way out anyway. “I see Lena’s body. Do you have any idea what that does to me?”
For a second, Blade froze. His eyes softened, just barely, but then the wall came down again. “Yeah,” he said roughly. “I do, and that’s why I’m not gonna let it happen again. Not to Cruz, not to you, and not to the kid.”