Graves

by Katelyn Taylor

I’ll come up with his home address later and make sure to check on him. I heard there was going to be a terrible gas leak.

“Do you really think once would ever be enough for either of us? I’m just getting started, baby.”

When I said I’d make it worth your while, I meant that I wouldn’t gut you like a pig and wrap your intestines around your neck while you sleep.

The man looks and fucks like a Greek god. He’s fiercely protective and also surprisingly kind. Soak my panties and sign me the fuck up.

“Is this…” “My family’s plot?” Zayden fills in. “Yes. Say hi to my mom and dad.” He laughs,

“Now that’s one dead piece of shit,”

“It’s your present!” Zayden smiles, wrapping an arm around my shoulders as he does. “It’s our seven-month anniversary, and I had no idea what to get you. It was kinda stressing me out, to be honest. But between the other night and yesterday, it just clicked for me.”

“Good, but you better figure out what you feel for me soon, angel, because I’m so fucking in love with you that I’m ready to carve your name into my heart.”

“Listen very carefully, Christian. You will never come here again. If you try to contact Blake, I will break your hands, if you chance a glance at her, I’ll pluck your eyes out, and if you so much as breathe a word in her direction, I will slit you from ear to ear.”

“I’ll love you until the end of time, angel. In this life, the next and every single one to come. It will always be you.”

“I love you, Zayden. More than I should, more than I knew I’d ever be capable of. I love you so much it physically hurts to be away from you.”

I love you, angel. More than my next breath, more than this entire planet. I’d happily sacrifice every man, woman, and child if it meant protecting you, keeping you.”