The horse was out and the man was trying to crawl away, one leg crushed from the tumble. Huo almost dismounted from a full run, luckily the horse felt the shift and was trying to slow down for him. The drug lord approached slowly, casually stepping on the irregularly twisted leg.

The words flowed smoothly like he had said them a million times in his dreams, like drool dripping from the fangs of the rabid wolverine, 'There you are Kaplan. '

'No, no just let me go,

please

, ' the man wasn 't begging to Huo, but rather the beautiful stranger behind him.

Huo unfolded an acupuncture kit from a satchel on his hip, 'Oh no Kaplan. I told you the day you arrived that you don 't mess with my people. '

'Please, have mercy kind Sir. Just kill me, but don 't leave me to

HIM

, ' Yue suspected this man would be quite handsome by the light of day, not covered in blood.

'Huo, maybe- '

'

No. He 's MINE, '