enzo
my coat, burying his tear-st
deserve it. Punish m
echoed off the meta
her arrival in the doorway. A sharp gasp tore fr
tween us, pushing his trembling fr
nzo, s
palms out, treating m
d, her voice trembling but defiant. "You need to spare the l
uck me with p
he sacred code of ho
blood spilled to pay for th
she had known for the past f
had tried so hard to
time Julian had crossed into my territory, every ar
ged f
knotted my hand in the bac
hed scream as I pulled
until the occipital bone met the vault's ste
of his nose shattering f
ed across theterror, her hands
zo, let
her franti
is knees, I planted the heel
rciless pressure until
snarled, my voice a dark, gravelly
completely de
ls into my wrist, prying my
nzo," she breathed, her voice
orce, her chest heaving as she stood
dark, hollow laugh rumble
e and snatched a large, jagged shard of the broken emerald from the floor. Before Lucia could regain her balanc
a permanent, brutal mark o
etic heap, clutching his rui
a hand over her mouth, her eyes
bloody piece of emerald
Lucia," I stated, my
om my pocket, I meticulously wipe
am going to burn your
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