Wraith by L.D. Black

The nightmares were back.
I should’ve known the last five years of peace wouldn’t last. Bad dreams were always an omen of unpleasant things coming my way. After retiring from my last gig, I kind of hoped that the troubles would stay at bay a little longer. Memories run deep for my old enemies, and now they have arrived in my city, wreaking havoc on me and my brothers.
Out of nowhere, this hellcat of a woman came roaring into my life with her beautiful smile, sarcastic attitude, and irresistible curves like I love them. She came in dragging along a set of dangerous family problems that was somehow tangled up with my old enemies problems, which spawned an entirely new batch of B.S. I was doing just fine without.
My mama always said I had a nose for trouble and this woman was it with a capital T, but damn it, I couldn’t stop playing with the fire.

I couldn’t keep well enough alone.
She probably deserves someone better than me, but I’m a greedy son of a B. I’m not letting her go. We both deserve some goodness in our lives and that’s why we deserve each other. In my darkness, this woman brings light to my life in a way that no one else can. She shines like a beacon where it’d always been gray. I’ll be damned if our enemies mess things up for us.

I protect what is mine.
Now, everybody gets to see why they call me Wraith.
Because in the silence, I’m the darkness that haunts their dreams and consumes all.
The members of Sin City never leave before all the cards are played.