A Bullet Between Us

<p>DAVINA</p><p>I'd walked into an alley where death awaited me. </p><p>Terrified under the brittle moon I'd been left behind as blood swept into the pristine snow. </p><p>I'd closed my eyes and waited for the afterlife welcoming it.</p><p>Death had never come for me but it ended the life I once knew. </p><p>Now I lived in fear running from a world ruled by vicious men. </p><p>An organized world where power and violence had no limit. </p><p>And I was in the middle of it all. </p><p>It'd led me to him Ilias. </p><p>But in this world my nightmare was etched in the face of every man I stumbled upon. </p><p><br></p><p>I didn't trust anyone but my heart trusted him.</p><p>Even while my mind kept a bullet between us.</p><p> </p><p><br></p><p>ILIAS</p><p>I was given an assignment an order. </p><p>Failure wasn't an option. Not when it meant her Davina. </p><p>But how could I keep her alive? I was no hero. Just a man dressed as one with a heart as corrupted as the same men I grew up with. </p>