Rot

by Candace Wondrak

“Did you fuck him? Did you let that asshole between your legs?” The words were practically growled out, as if he was some kind of animal. “Did you give him all of your firsts?”

“You don’t want to pack up and leave? Fine, but when you’re here, you’re mine.”

I’d given my first kiss to an idiot while trying to make a god jealous.

“You wanted me to go fucking crazy watching you with Jordan Vito? Because I did. I watched. I lost my shit. I listened to you come upstairs and go to bed, like you did nothing wrong. I paced my fucking room while imagining my hands wrapping around Jordan’s neck and squeezing the life out of him,” Elias murmured. “And then I imagined doing the same to you.” His gaze had fallen, his voice softer but just as menacing as he added, “Is that what you want? Is that what you do? Get into someone’s head and make them go insane? Because that’s what you’re doing to me, Sloane. That’s what you’re doing to me.”

We were sinners. We were monsters. We were everything normal people never aspired to be, and that’s what made us perfect for each other. I needed

My beautiful monster, his darkness matched mine. We were a match made in hell, and our life together was only beginning.