The Punisher: Blood Feud (Book 1)

-Mind Games-

I am so unlike you in so many ways
I know I'm just a copy that carries on the stain
(But) We make the same mistake
(Cuz) We are one and the same
(But) We leave behind the stain
That cannot separate

All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?
All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?

I am your mirror image, I'm all you left behind
You made me what I am and who the hell am I?
(But) We make the same mistake
(Cuz) We are one and the same
(But) We leave behind the stain
That cannot separate

All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?
All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?

Why, yo no entiendo porque
I know that our lives are the same
Y mi vida is just a guessing game, a dirty stain that I cannot play
But I follow your steps
In the same way that you just walked away
And pushed away the fact that I will not live

Do you think of me?
Do you dream of me?
I always dream about you
Do you think of me?
Do you dream of me?
I always dream about you

All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?
All that lies in me
All that dies in me
How can I live without you?

-Ill Nino- "How Can I Live Without You?" (2003)

-FRANK-

I've been wanting to do that ever since I saw her take down two Valhalla assholes in the alley. This stubborn, impulsive, angry, fiery woman was gonna be the death of me. I ran my fingers through her flaming hair, not giving a shit about the man we left bleeding on the ground.

The way she pulled me as close as she could, wrapping her hands around my neck, told me that she wanted this, too. Godamn, she hooked her legs around my waist and moaned; the sound did me in. The kiss grew urgent. Hungry. She slid her hands underneath my vest, and I slid her jacket off.

I don't know why the hell she ran off like that, but it set me off. One minute, I wonder if she's in trouble; the next, she's handled it herself. She kept surprising me...but that didn't mean I wanted to risk losing her. I can't fucking do that. I didn't want to admit it. I never let many people in. It's risky doing what I do. It was the reason Karen decided to leave the city.

I didn't want Karen to throw her life away for mine. She had the chance to be someone that I haven't been for a long time, and she deserves that. Red was built differently. She had one foot in my world and the other in hers. She didn't give a shit about who I killed. If anything, she might have pulled the trigger herself.

It didn't take meeting me for her to have become this way, as I once feared could happen to Karen. She already wanted her retribution. This woman is like pure whiskey, burning through my veins, clouding everything around me. Then Maria's face floated through my mind, and I froze. For that reason, I broke the kiss earlier than I probably should have...than I'd wanted to. Shit, this has gotten complicated.