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Online relationships are every bit as real as in-person ones, and I don’t care what anyone says.
From the moment we met, it was like my soul reached out and grabbed onto him, clutching with desperate, greedy fingers, trying frantically to smoosh him in and make him a part of me.
Being in his presence is like being on a rollercoaster that never stops.
“Are you alright?” I ask quietly, riddled with complex stuff I don’t want to be feeling. Ren’s vibrant blue eyes shimmer at me. “Yea,” he says softly. “Never better.” I cock a brow at him, and he grins. “You look like shit.” “You’re looking at me,” he hums. “I call that a win.”
“You do like when it hurts.” He tugs me until I stumble into him. “I know you… You hate to admit it, but having me around hurts so good for you.”
“Yea, well, I’m sure the same could be said about everyone in this place,” Ren rasps, picking at his food, though it’s clear he’s not going to eat it. “We’re on the island of misfit toys.”
I swear I could devour him like the sweet, timid little cupcake he is.
“I’ll dream about you, baby… like fireworks over the ocean.”
Unfortunately, denial doesn’t work when the person who kissed you is Warren Xavier.
I just feel like he’s mine, and there’s no going back. I need to be Lexington Deon’s first, more than I need to breathe.
Don’t burn this down. But I’m also selfish, and evil, and I want him so badly. I want to be his everything, not just his friend. And if that means taking this chance, then I can’t stop myself from grabbing it and squeezing with all my might to hold on. We’re already in Hell. Whether it’s wrong or not, I will keep Lex Luthor Deon here so he can burn with me forever.
And sometimes chaotic beginnings can lead to a beautiful end.”
“I’m just saying, he’s never not reaching for you,” he goes on. “Even when it hurts.”
“Are you attracted to him?” I ask hesitantly, then add, “Feel free to be very concise and unenthusiastic with your answer.”
You mean to tell me I wasted my time on Gage when I could’ve been with Lex and our friends, catching a live performance of the John and Harley Power Hour?? I’ve never felt FOMO so deep.
“Get these morons down to the hole,” Velle growls at Joy and Peters. “Both of them.” “Fuck you, Ren.” Gage spits blood on the floor. “You’ll pay for this.” “You take Discover?” Ren smirks.
I don’t need the pain. It doesn’t actually sustain me. But I tell myself it does, because without it I’m responsible for all of my heinous actions.
Ren the gorgeous disease, infecting everyone around him.
It’s the best camouflage… A villain with the face of a hero.
All I know is that his bottom lip fits perfectly between mine.
Love him or hate him, when Velle isn’t around, Alabaster Pen begins to crumble from the inside out.
But Velle is just the epitome of a giant chunk of stone… He’s always been an emotionless, rabid animal. You tend to forget that he’s actually not that.
He’s an unpredictable storm, this man.
“No one’s ever belonged to anyone harder than you belong to me.” I’m fucking shaking, down to my rotten soul. That this incredible man, this smart, sweet, angel of fucking perfection could actually want me, love me, is like the biggest wave of bliss I’ve ever felt.
Doesn’t surprise me. This prison makes more love connections than e-fuckin-Harmony.
Felix’s mouth twitches, and he tugs his lower lip with his teeth again. I’m telling you, this dude is the cuddliest, most precious sociopathic murderer ever. You just want to pinch his cheeks. Maybe from afar… in case he decides to bite your fingers off.
You might be fucked up, but you’re also amazing, Warren Xavier. All the best things are a little of both.”
The way Lexington and I burn each other up is a million times hotter than anything I used to tell myself I liked.
