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“Every girl deserves something equally as pretty and deadly as they are,”
Soft, silver waves tumble over her shoulders and into her face, and I have the sudden and annoying urge to push the strands out of her eyes, if only so I can see them better.
“Mark my words, Prince, I will be your undoing.” I lean in, ignoring the knife against my throat as I murmur, “Oh, darling, I look forward to it.”
“Too stubborn to ask for my help, Gray?” “No,” I say coolly. “Too strong to need it.” His next words are murmured close to my ear. “That’s what I like to hear.”
“That’s funny because I won’t hesitate to mess up your pretty face.” I smirk. “I knew you thought I was pretty.”
“So, you just want me? No powers?” “Yes. I just want you,” she breathes, annoyed with me. My mouth twists into a crooked grin. “I knew you wanted me, Gray.”
“Oh, darling, as long as you still think I’m pretty, I don’t give a damn what I look like.”
She is the embodiment of a bad decision. The twin of danger and desire. The fine line between deadly and divine. And I can feel myself drowning.
But in this moment, I don’t want to die—if only so I can hear him say my name one more time.
“Remind me to make you smile like that again, when you aren’t dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorize it.”
And now I forever want her name on my lips and rolling off my tongue until I’m drunk on the taste and sound of it.
If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.
She’s so stunning, yet so stubbornly oblivious to how the sunset behind dulls in comparison to the vibrance that is her.
“Watched? Darling, I’ve never stopped.”
“You’re a shameless flirt, Azer.” “Only for you.”
I spin her if only to give myself some time to think. I’d never thought about what my favorite color was before. It never seemed important. Not until I looked into a pair of ocean-blue eyes and realized that perhaps drowning was a beautiful thing. Not until I looked into a pair of fiery blue eyes and realized that perhaps burning was a painless thing. Not until I looked into a pair of sky-blue eyes and realized that perhaps falling was a peaceful thing. I’d never thought about what my favorite color was before because I hadn’t seen one that was worthy of the title. Until now, that is. “Blue,”
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“And I’ll save your life again and again, aimlessly hoping you will allow me to stay in it.”
‘The strongest weapon a woman has at her disposal is that she is often underestimated.’
“Will you forever be the prize I am aimlessly trying to win?”
“I could get used to you being a gentleman, Azer.” He’s quiet for so long that I think he might not respond. But when he does, I hear the smile in his voice. “And I could get used to being one for you, Gray.”
“Only for you.”
“I can’t take my eyes off you long enough to give a damn about what your foot is doing. So yes, I came to that conclusion on my own.”
The sight of her in jet black is enough to make me colorblind, make me see nothing and no one but her.
She is a man’s downfall in human form. She is my downfall.
His gaze feels right, familiar. And when his eyes lock with mine, I wonder why I ever bother looking at anyone else.
“I don’t know that I ever lived before laying eyes on the likes of you.”
just love the sound of my name coming from your lips.”
“I meant what I said. I can’t take my eyes off you. I can’t take my mind off you.”
My eyes slowly meet his, confused by his question. “What do you want to call me?” “I want to call you mine.”
“But I’m never sober around you, Pae. Never not drunk on every detail that is you.”
She’s so beautiful, I can hardly believe it, hardly breathe. Her soul is stunning.
