“No!” I screamed.
“You think I wouldn’t find out!” I tried to place the crazy voice as I blinked furiously at the dirt in my eyes. “Where are they?” he screamed down at me as he shook my body.
“Who?” I tried to follow as the fear ebbed and my blood began to boil. It was infuriating. “Where are who?” I screamed at him. “Get the hell off me.”
“Where are my parents? I know they’re dead! Who killed them?” He slammed his lips to mine, and everything clicked. My anger boiled over, and my body reacted.
Mariano.
I bit down on his lip and rammed my knee up into his crotch, and he shot up and fell forward, hitting his mouth and nose against my forehead. Blood dripped from his chin onto my face, and I turned my head and gagged.
“Ah!” He recovered and used his arm to quickly wipe the blood from
