Her Mafia Bodyguard

American Wolf, like a gang name. I can't under

y ones here since said 'Wolf' likes to work alone. If I crack the door open

to cut or hard enough to land a crippling blow. He starts

t look a day ov

in her mouth looked fucking tight. She must be hurting ba

idea how to treat a woman. Let me,"

ated breath, anxio

innocent. I swear that I-I am

pit of my stomach, but I understand that this man wants to talk. Squeeze out any piece of information that he can fr

hing you shouldn't have, and I'm here to deliver your verdict." His deep voice is measu

God, is he her

louder, "I really haven't been

voice, only to go silent again for a beat, "B

s me. The necklace. It has to be the

om now on will determine whether you'll grow old

red voice says, "The

l known, but I'm interested to know w

wasn't m

na

He was a lot older, and-and he liked calling himself s

le

down from the toilet seat and press my ears to the door, but that will be

ve your cargo." He keeps talking, but I'm not following too well because I can't hear the person

a few beats later, relieved because it seems

le

uch. I will have to

art s

s at the sound of my friend barely holding on. "I don't ev

d this, or I can permanently erase your memories an

a-W

e Lockwood will die today whether you

anything for her at this point, and just who does this wolf man think he is

ll-Will I ever get-g

our memories from the moment you t

e wrong

to tell you some

, "Okay, but where

le

t I don't find anything bad to compare the

yet, lass. T

know what

I make that choice for you. My meth

le

tches to shove the door open and embrace her. I want to shield her from hurting, but I'

ispers on a sob, and

ves as I struggle to breathe. Sweat soaks the underarms of my r

onate, crumbling like splinters of glass on the inside. I don't need to see to know

ph

ing that the sound is coming from the door in front of me. My heart

od. It's a different pair of sh

ws I'm

h

in realisation when it doesn't budge. I had sli

us both the troubl

bathroom for a moment. You'll almost think he's gone with how quiet he is. I hold my bre

t as drummers on steroids. He literally picks it out of his

it, refusing to look at him, shaking

sh to shut this door at the beginning?" a clever sm

jaw d

d is ups

. That's

over a shoulder I don't recognise. Save for the black leather

y hideout and called my name. My actual name. My heart couldn't take it any longer-best I would not be a

know what my death will look like,

and all our kids have moved out, we will spend our last days together, reminis

too early, and there's

that cuts in between a mass of white pine trees, already adjusting to the fal

ey mask away from star

pain tonight as I die. I've come to terms with what is about

ay be about to cut me open in this space that's far away from

h!

light over his face, making him visible in the dusk.

your pr

ve on his left hand. "Wo

ged you. Would it hurt to be nice?!" I sna

ldn't have been in t

g on my spit. It's horrifying, espec

nd I look away, hiding my tears from this monste

al lass. I overheard yo

me since the moment I stepped into the nightclub. I shiver. He must h

o my throat as I remember what that thug said earlier.

y. Isn't that why yo

head and tu

m certain my knees would have wobbled

n your back, but you are ri

staring into his deep blue eyes that hold no emotion, not even a flash of it. He's a sturdy rock of v

un

at?

give you a two-minu

ccato rhythm through the

y, but something tells me that he's not the

tock,

n though I'm headed further inside this strange woods, the

nd me, and it was the only weirdly not-menacing thing about the past f

dive for the ground, closing my ears. Sweat trickle

ning after me. I gasp, e

my feet and run again. I can hear my heart

um. Ba-dum. Ba-dum. I swear the next bullet he releases whips p

left, dodging trunk after trunk. Eyes ab

ssing with me for his fun. Two more cracks and my resolve shatters. A tear escapes

stop.

red again. Ten seconds pass, and I can only

ut when something pierce

ing out. Weakness seeps into my bones immediately an

ckness ta