Xei

I leave the room not long after that needing to get my thoughts together. I decide a run is the best way to do that and take off. As my feet hit the ground and the wind brushes past me I think about all the different ways this could work, or could end in disaster. I always liked things simple. Do the job, do the girl, get in, get out. Simple. Ali is anything but simple. I run faster as my lungs begin to fill with the cool evening air and try to drown out the thoughts of her. I need to think rationally. No emotion. I run and run until my body finally decides it’s tired.

I end my run at the lake and sit on a large rock and overlook the water. The sun has set and the stars are shining bright. I have no idea how long I sit there when I hear a branch snap behind me. I know who it is before turning around, I can spell his expensive cologne in the wind. “It’s just me.” I hear Gin say.

“I know.”

“We have to talk.”

I exhale a large huff of a breath. “I know that too.”

“Do you want her, Xei? Do