I wrap my arms around her and breathe in the scent of her. She has been away for many days, and shesmells slightly different than normal, but underneath it is the same floral scent of her body, and Iinhale it greedily.
I want to soak her in, to stay her with her in my arms for as long as humanly possible.
But she peels her head off my chest and looks up at me with curious eyes.
“What are we going to do about the other women, Luka?” she asks.
I sigh, and she pulls further away from me. “We are going to do something about them, right? Wearen’t going to leave them.”
“I’m not sure what we can do,” I repeat. “We can try to take down the Cartel once we are out, butright now, I don’t have the resources to do anything. Even winning you just for tonight was h
