Dreadful (Tattered Curtain)

by Greer Rivers

“Tallie is very important to me, Percy. She and I…we’re cut from the same cloth. No stronzo like you will ever touch her against her will again. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s mine. And no one touches what’s mine.”

Almost as if it has a mind of its own, his hand drifts up from my thigh to squeeze the back of my neck. I lean into him and let him guide me closer. “Sev…” His name sounds like a desperate plea. My eyes drop to his lips, and I lick mine. We balance on the edge of temptation, until he growls, “Fuck it.”