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Kalani Reed was a regular twenty-two year old woman who was trying to get the handle on her life. She worked at a small café, lived in a small apartment by herself, and had a kind of boyfriend. Back in highschool, she was one of those...
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KALANI'S VOICE WAS STRIPPED RAW FROM crying. She woke up in yet another unfamiliar room, a bottle of ibuprofen set on the table beside her. Though her head was pounding with a headache, she wouldn't allow herself to touch them.
It could be laced with something and she wasn't willing to find out.
Pain courses through her body making it hard for her to sit up without grunting and whimpering. Her eyes are puffy and red considering she seemed to be crying in her sleep. She focuses on the ceiling above her, her mind immediately flashing back to the meeting.
A fresh set of tears flow from her eyes and run down her temple onto the pillow her head is on.
Giovanni can't be gone.
He just can't.
He told her nothing would happen to her but he didn't promise that nothing would happen to him. It's like he expected some shit like this to happen and take him away from her.
Because, here she is, only sore, while he got a bullet to the shoulder and he's lost in the rubble.
As she lays in the bed, craving his touch and his voice, she doesn't fight herself in saying she wants him ━ no, needs him.
He can't be gone.
Suddenly, her thoughts are interrupted by a key being inserted into a door. She quickly closes her eyes and pretends to be asleep. The figure walks into the room and heads for the makeshift kitchen, dropping a bag of something on top of a counter.
Kalani's breathing becomes uneven as her nerves shoot up. She can hear boots against hardwood floor as the person approaches her. She can feel him staring at her but she forces herself to remain calm. She breathes out through her nose.
The figure huffs, "I know you're awake, Kalani."
That voice...
The voice urges Kalani to open her eyes to confirm her suspicions, "Kellan?"
He smiles down at his sister before sitting on the bed beside her. Ignoring the pain, she moves away, immediately, earning a hurt look from her brother.
"Hey, hey, it's just me." He says, assuredly, "You don't have to move away from me. I'll keep you safe."
