Painting Flowers

I wanna see your face and know I've made it home.

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Ten years ago, Devon Fang murdered someone. Ten years ago, Tate Kovalyov buried the body and took the fall. Now, ten years down the road, the case has been reopened. Someone is determined to expose the bloody truth, to destroy everything that both Devon and Tate have fought tooth and claw to entomb. With Tate released from prison on account of his innocence, justice demands the real killer fill the vacuum.

Devon knows she can't have both Tate and the life she'd meticulously carved out. Tate knows that fighting for Devon is an uphill battle with a boulder at the top waiting to crush him.

But she'll always be his haloed hope, and he'll always be her savage dog.

This story ends as it begins: in blood, in faith, in the gutter.

© raiden