“Just one more round,” said Alex. As if he truly wanted his brother to stay. “For me.” Gideon remembered their fight in the boxing ring. He remembered daring Rune to strip down naked and swim in the sea with him, even though he knew how Alex adored her. He remembered kissing her in the garden, his mouth and hands insistent. Then kissing her again in that alley. The shame of it scorched him. Gideon sat. “One more game,” he said, tossing the prison coin into the pile of money in the center of the table. “And then I’m out.”
