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Love is an expensive piece of bullshit, and its price is your fucking soul. I know—poetic, isn't it?
The sensation is overwhelming and intoxicating. I don’t know this man and yet my soul begs to differ.
I’m absolutely on fire and not okay with how my body responds to this. He was trying to kill me literally two seconds ago.
I lean up and bury my teeth into his neck. I’ve always advocated for biting for defensive reasons, and it works.
Someone should’ve told her I didn’t need the fucking smile—I needed her to protect me.
If my nightmares weren't so heavy, I’d follow you into the sea of dreams.
I know I’m good at putting on the mask, but it doesn’t mean I don’t feel everything to the marrow of my bones.
If you don’t believe in demons and gods, you better start now. The Shadow in your veins is proof of them.”
“Doesn’t that scare you?” She looks at me, her tan skin smooth and rosy from the cold sting of the air. She smiles at me. She fucking smiles at me.
Kid, I might keep you.
“I’m not like you,” I say, though I don’t sound so sure. Elias stands and stretches his arms behind his head. “You are, and we’re still going. I’ve decided to keep you, so you don’t get a choice in the matter.”
Dad raised me to keep a level head in times like these. I’d rather die than be thankful for it though.
“We’ll always be running toward the sun.”
I only know now that I would destroy worlds for him, or at least my Shadow would make me. There’s no escaping him. Worse, I think I actually want to stay by his side.
I want this, but my pride will die a little if I don’t make him fight for it.
We can’t fight what we are—what we become when left in the dark.
Nothing can shatter you after Alkrose.
“See, I told you we were Shadow mates. The Crescent Novas.”
“You have the same moons in your eyes as I do. The other half of my endless night.”
This is war. Magic isn’t beautiful—it’s disgusting and abhorrent.
Now I understand. Yes. Pain can twist you. But it also can open your eyes to the world you’ve been born into. Show you what little good there is.
Raine’s breath is hot behind my ear, sending chills up my spine. “You’re all I have left. My lovely Terra. We’re mates too, aren’t we?”
His Shadow is a wall of seduction against my chest, different from Elias’s, more unhinged and possessive than Velis.
Elias—my beautifully crafted monster, a ravenous murderer that has half a heart.
So, beautiful magic does exist. The thought makes my heart fill to the brim, though I prefer Elias and Raine’s darkness.
I unconsciously reach up to my pocket with our photo, where we are smiling and nothing matters. He’s no longer that boy—I’m no longer that girl.
