xv--iii
      âIf youâre here to hurt me too, can you just save it? I mean, thereâs someone else you can slam on, right? I think â Iâve had enough for one day.â     Jared hasnât been kicked out of Mishaâs. Thatâs not what happened at all, but with the burning heat in his spine and the unfamiliar city, heâs pretty sure heâs had a rough day. Thereâs a warm on his shirt that lets him know Jensenâs shaky bandaging job isnât holding up like it should, and heâs so damn apologetic about everything he could hardly breathe. Two days heâs been in this city. Two days, and heâs been punched, stabbed, and watched someone almost get beaten because of him â he wants to be able to sleep in peace without worrying some kid is gonna try and steal him.     He can barely see his attacker in the dark, but their slight and kind of skinny. Heâs sure he could hold his own against her if he really wanted to â he did action movies for a living, so he knows a thing or two about using his weight to his advantage, but heâs never actually really been stabbed. Part of him expects Misha to be coming around the corner at any moment before dragging him back to his apartment to shove him in that room he wasnât supposed to go in. Part of him hopes itâs Jensen.
      âPlease â donât hurt me.â
"Wha-- Oh, for God's sake, suck it up."
For the record, it was his fault. If some random stranger started to invade her territory, she had to defend herself. But it ended up being more of an attack, because he couldn't even defend himself in the first place. So with a good right hook and a kick to the shins, she had him down in an instant.Â
Genevieve's surprised once she gets a better look at him. He's tall, real tall, pretty broad too. Probably pretty muscular. How she caught him so off guard was a mystery. But then she figures that he's probably not the fightin' type. Just the kind who unfortunately gets beat up in the city. She huffs and moves closer to him, holding her hand out to help him get more steady on his feet. She had already worn on him enough, and apparently so did someone else, She feels sorta bad for him. But that doesn't mean he's entirely off the hook. Oh no, she wouldn't allow that. "Who are you and why are you here? And who else has tattered you up?"Â










