The question, a shard of accusation, ignited the fire in her chest.

“Why are you here, Rocco? Why did you defy me and barge into Newfort alone? Don’t you know I was half mad with worry when I couldn’t reach you?”

Rocco lowered his eyes.

“I… I overestimated myself.

” His voice trembled a bit.

“I thought I could find something and help you.

I did, but then… then I was taken, dragged onto this ship.

I don’t know who…” His voice trailed off, swallowed by a shuddering breath.

“I thought I’d never see you again.

Then someone paid my ransom, booked this room, told me to wait for news.

Hannah, her anger melting away like frost in the sun, held him close.

“Don’t worry,” she murmured, her voice a balm.

“When this ship touches land, you’ll be off it, and we’ll go home.

a grim counterpoint to her promise, cut through

remember what you

him a glacial

“Don’t worry,” she clipped.

serves me just

Rocco’s fingers tightened around hers, his pale face etched with

did you promise them?” he rasped, his

a bad

to Winston, a

use me,” he spat, the tremor in his voice betraying

“Don’t hurt Hannah.

spare you if you

Rocco from his superior height, a sneer twisting his

for us, you’d be chum in

rising between the two simmering

barely been introduced, and already you’re at each

crackled with tension, thick

itself reeked of neglect, a

reserved for the subordinates and

stepped

take you to

duplex, you

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