In the Gray

by B.B. Reid

I wanted to be at her complete disposal.

Little did Atlas know, she’d only carved my obsession in stone.

Somehow, though—when she kissed me back like this—it felt like she was the one who owned me.

Yeah, that was the excuse I made too. I told myself that Atlas was better off if she hated me, but really, I was just afraid of what was happening between us. I’d never come this close to falling in love before.

And wasn’t that what we all were? The main characters of our own story?

I’m too far gone. Nothing you do will make me less obsessed with you.”

“I want to give you shelter and be your peace. I want to take care of you, Dream. I want to be yours.

“You temper this animal inside of me, Dream, but you match it, too. My obsession with you…it’s violent and ugly, but it’s real. You’re the most honest thing I’ve felt in a long time, and I’m begging you for one more chance. We can’t go back in time, but we can change our future. Ask me not to let you go again, and I promise I won’t.”