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The love for my mouse propelled me.
Turning fear into determination.
This was why love was a gun to me.
Powerful.
Dangerous.
Inescapable.
It loaded me with courage, aimed my resolve, and pulled the trigger on my actions. With each step, I was firing bullets of defiance against the fear that sought to paralyze me.
For her I would walk through hellfire, barefoot.
Be okay, mysh.
I climbed the stairs and moved past the silent phantoms. Their gazes damn near pierced my skin.
When I stepped on the porch, it creaked.
The pungent odor of marijuana swirled toward me.
Maxwell stopped pacing and stared at me. “Em still hasn’t come up.”
“And you still have not gone down.”
Maxwell stepped forward and kept his voice close. “I’m not going down unless you’re with me.”
I scowled. “What the fuck is wrong with you? I left you here to watch over her like you always do.”
“Well. . .now we know that even I have my limits when it comes to protecting Em.” Maxwell glanced at the jar. “You got the Eye?”
“You thought I would not?”
“More important.” Maxwell lifted his gaze to me. “Did anybody die?”
I frowned. “Let’s go see my mouse.”
“Hold up, man.” Maxwell took a hit of his joint and handed it to me. “You’re going to need this. Trust me.”
Thin whips of smoke left his nostrils.
I was about to knock the joint out of his hand, until I looked into his eyes. My nerves flared. Maxwell’s eyes mirrored the unease I felt pumping inside of my chest.
“For real, man.” Maxwell gestured to it. “Trust me.”
Against all logic, I took the joint. “Do you think Delphine is helping her?”
“All of this shit is out of my domain of common sense, man.” He stuffed his hands in his pockets. “I’m just here for the ride, trying not to get bit by a vampire or something else.”
“I doubt vampires exist.”
“Yeah, but you still won’t see me walking in no fucking alley late at night in this city. One might pop out of the shadows.”
I brought the joint to my lips and inhaled deeply.
Maxwell watched me and then shook his head. “I forgot you like to slobber all over that shit.”
