Bound by blood and lies
They were normally careful around us but now, it was as if they walked around eggshells as even the slightest mistake could get you a bullet in-between your eyebrows.
Days turned to a week, a week turned to two and then three and finally, he was awake.
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I had never been a man who regretted things. I made my choices, carved my path, and let the consequences fall wherever they wanted to.But now, sitting at the edge of the bed, staring at the fragile body curled up beneath the sheets, I felt the crushing weight of regret settle in my chest like an avail.
Eli was awake.
But he was gone.
His eyes—those sharp, defiant blue gray eyes that used to flicker with stubbornness, irritation, and somet
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