Boris s eyes narrowed as emotion rippled across his face. Anger. Outrage. Disgust? For a second I thought he might actually hurt me, he seemed so angry. No, I realized. That was the difference between Boris and Zach. Both men had tempers, but Boris ? Boris would never hurt me. Never. No matter what. “He beat the s**t out of you,” he whispered. “You almost died, Soph. Why didn’t you tell me? I would’ve f*cking killed him for you. You didn’t have to let it get that bad. You should’ve told me the first time he hurt you. I can’t believe this was happening and I was too f*ckin’ stupid to see it.” “Because he’s your brother!” I said to him, tears running down my face. “Your mother loved him, Boris . What he did to me almost destroyed her. If you’d lost it, if you’d gone after him, you’d be

