'D...' I whispered softly.

'Are you awake?! ' she jumped at me.

'What happened? ' I would have started to sit up, but the agony ran through my body again, as it had not long ago.

'Does it still hurt somewhere? ' he looked at me worriedly.

'Are you worried now? ' I raised my eyebrows.

'Me? ' he looked at me in amazement and then suddenly let go of my hand. 'No' he turned away.

I rolled my eyes.

'Is Brian okay? '

'Are you seriously worried about that asshole instead of yourself?! ' he blurted out. He braided his hands. He looked like he was going to burst with nerves.

'So...' I tried to look him in the eye, but he kept avoiding mine. 'Is he all right? '

He didn't answer. I took a deep breath.

'Okay, we can play it like this.' I said dismissively and then suddenly pulled the needle out of me and ripped off the tweezers.

'What the hell are you doing?! ' he yelled at me and then jumped over and laid me back on the bed.

'I'll make you talk.' I smiled devilishly at him.

'You...' he narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath 'I sort of taught him a lesson.' he said and looked away.

'You taught him a lesson? What is that? ' it suddenly popped 'You killed him?! '

'Yes ' he said simply.

I was completely speechless.

'D...' I whispered softly 'Are you... '

'Just a man, nothing more.'

'Just a man?! D, do you hear yourself?! ' I sat up on the bed, but he put me back to bed.

'And how many more will I take.'

'D!!! ' I said to him vigorously. 

'Listen, Yana ' he leaned close to me 'Here you either hunt them down or they hunt you down. Remember that.' he stroked my cheek, which now gave me the creeps.

I just stared into his eyes. How could this happen? But I was half right. As much as I didn't want to admit it, he was right.

'It's a matter of life and death here.' I said quietly. 

'Everything here is a matter of life and death. ' he repeated, looking deeply into my eyes. 'I have to go now.' he straightened up. I measured him with my eyes. His hair was still curled and slicked back. A black shirt that was stretched over her, revealing the perfect contours of her stomach. Leather jacket. Black trousers, tight to her thighs and boots. I don't know why, but there was always something about this outfit that caught the eye. Or was it just me? Wait, what am I talking about? 

D, before he walked out, looked over his shoulder at me. I caught his gaze.

'Just know I'm not going to let that happen again.' he said, and then he walked out.

Why did he say that? Are he planning something? This man is definitely not out of his 4 wheels! What kind of man does that? Ahh! I'm seriously going to strangle him one day! But... did he really kill Brian because he hurt me? Well, he didn't hurt me, he actually poisoned me, like that little voice said. But why did he do it? Did Brian really try to kill me? But, D, he didn't do it for free! I'll have to talk to him about that. I'm not looking forward to this conversation, but at the same time... I don't know. What do you want from me? What could I give him? I have nothing. I lost everything when my father was killed...

What do you think of the story so far? We are now halfway through the first trilogy.❤️

✨️I hope you will like it the another half too✨️