Becky's POV
Tension permeated the air, each breath I took seemed like my last. Leo and I had hardly left the warehouse, but suddenly we were surrounded by The Broker's men, cornered. It felt as though we were being watched from every direction as the flickering streetlight above us danced throughout the alleyway.
I looked at Leo; his jaw tightened, and his eyes searched for a path out. His biggest strength and weakness had always come from the fire inside him. He was occasionally acting before, he thought, protective of a flaw. But right now, I need him to be consistent. I needed him to consider things.
Feeling this defenseless made me despise it like animals under hunt. Among girls, I was the one who never fled a battle. Today, though? I now doubted whether we could win this one.
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