I Promise You (Scarred Executioners #2)

by Lexie Axelson

I pleaded with Death because her soul isn’t his. Hell, it’s not even hers–it’s mine.

I’m madly trapped beneath her wings.

“No Words” by Cody Jinks plays

“My handprints will be carved into your body by the time I’m done with you,”

He inflicted havoc on me like a built-up craving and I was his release.

“You bleed so fucking sweet.”

“I won’t let you leave me, Ari. Grant me mercy by putting a bullet in my head, then. Because I’d rather die than live in a world where someone else has your soul and not me.”

I dream of my brother. I can see flashes of Paul playing his guitar. It’s a foggy, hazy dream, but I can see him. He looks up from his guitar and places his palms on the strings...this time, he stops playing. He looks up at me with a huge, warm grin. I know he wants to say something. I know it. His dimples appear on each cheek, and a tear falls down my big brother’s face.

Standing from his chair, throwing his guitar over his shoulder, he walks away deeper into black shadows, disappearing.