Page 111 of Sweet Sin

I grab her hand and give it a squeeze. “Stop it, sis. I’m staying.”

She nods. “Okay. I’d like that. I feel safer with you here.”

Safer.

I protected Eagle all those years ago.

I protected Savannah when those derelicts came onto my property.

I gave Raven my bone marrow, but I can’t protect her. I can give her my whole body, but I have no say in how it turns out.

I’ve never felt so useless.

But I’ll stay. Especially since Raven wants me to.

Savannah and I are both staying because she won’t leave me—

Fuck! Savannah.

She should have come back from the bathroom by now.

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SAVANNAH

My voice finally returns when we exit the stairwell and head to the hospital entrance.

Finally, I find my voice, and my body unfreezes. “Why, Miles? Why are you doing this?”

“Because you were promised to me, Savannah.”

“Why do you want a wife who hates you?”

“Did I say it was what I wanted?” He shakes his head. “You really don’t have a clue how all of this works, do you?”

He’s not wrong.

I’ve tried to distance myself from what my family does.

I hate the whole idea of it.

It took both of my brothers, and I was determined that it wouldn’t take me.

But I’m not strong like Vinny is. Like Michael was.

They were strong…and it took them anyway.

I try to wrestle out of his grip. “Explain it to me, then. How does this work? Why do you need me?”

He doesn’t reply.

Falcon…

Falcon has no idea where I am, and he has no way of finding me.

He’s got other things on his mind. His sister, first and foremost, and then of course the detectives who are hounding him about Abel’s death.

Abel’s death…

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