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January 18 - January 31, 2025
“Liar.”
“If you want us to leave, just say so.”
“Yeah, I would very much like your friend to be gone.”
“You, however, shou...
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She had to feel it. She had to know I was death incarnate. The ink on my body was a road map, a graveyard, and an altar to the dead. It bore the demons of my past, born of tears and despair. And those of ghosts forged in blood and darkness. And one day, a piece of her, too, would carve my flesh.
It had been eight long months since I’d been with a man, so I couldn’t blame my sex-deprived inner whore for the extremely naughty images of Derek tossing me around and fucking me against a wall…
“Thank you for doing this. And to answer your question, coming here… just felt right.”
“And yet you don’t want to stay.”
“That should heal up fine without a bandage.”
“As long as you stop doi...
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“Stop… doing...
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He pulled down on my mouth, releasing my bottom lip from between my teeth where I’d unconsciousl...
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I’d long forgotten how to form bonds and attachments.
I wasn’t ready to let go of Evangelina just yet.
Ligatus Saguine. Bound by blood.
“Do you feel that?”
We both knew she wasn’t talking about the sting of the alcohol. It was how the air crackled between us, electric, drawing us together like two magnetic forces destined to collide.
“I feel everything, Eva. Your hand shaking...
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“The heat of you...
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“I think the pain is making you delirious.”
“You could be right… or maybe it’s just you.”
“Sometimes I have that effect on people,”
“Is that right? Conceited much, Miss Cruz?”
“I could never compete with your ego.”
“No one touches you, Eva.”
“No one touches you. Do you understand?”
“Say it, angel. I need you to trust me.”
“Okay,”
“For some strange reason, I do.”
“Good girl.”
Self-restraint was a bitch.
“You’re not going in there alone. End of discussion.”
“You do know I’m a cop, right? I’ve been in worse situations.”
“I don’t give a fuck about those guys or this car. Number one. And two, whatever you do when I’m not around is one thing, but when you’re with me, I’m not going to sit by like some pussy while you risk your safety.”
For whatever reason, Derek’s perception of me mattered more than I’d like to admit.
“I won’t tolerate anyone disrespecting you. I don’t care who they are. And Evangelina,”
“I don’t make threats.”
Instinctively, I knew the conclusion to that statement. Promises...
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“And yet you claim I have a big ego.”
“Oh, I know you do.”
“What choice do you l...
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“I don’t follow.”
“Well, I’m in a car with an extraordinarily gorgeous woman who can’t keep her eyes off me. Can you blame me for feeling like the luckiest son of a bitch alive?”
“You’re a smooth talker, Derek Cain.”
“No, just telling it like it is. Come on; you know you’re stunning, Eva. And I don’t lie to women about their looks. I don’t have to.”
“I bet you ...
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“Do I look like a man who needs to sweet-talk women to sleep with them?”
“Oh, of course not. They just fall at your feet, don’t they?”
“Or crawl to them.”
“But you on your knees, Evangelina—now, that’s something I would never forget.”
