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“She didn’t say no, but…I guess the other scientists are concerned I’ll abandon the project halfway through to get married and have babies. Apparently, I haven’t lived enough at twenty-nine years old.”
She didn’t say no, but…I guess the other scientists are concerned I’ll abandon the project halfway through to get married and have babies. Apparently, I haven’t lived enough at twenty-nine years old.”
It was the shadow of a skin-crawling feeling, the leaking drip of terror before the true fear engulfed you. The feeling was so sudden and disturbing—I felt like we were marinating in it.
“I hold your name as a whisper on the tip of my tongue, pet.
All I ever did was work, and now the feminine parts of my body—surely consumed with their own madness— took it upon themselves to whimper a breath of hunger.
“I’ve recently decided I don’t like others touching my things, touching what’s mine.”
“You develop a taste for blood when you’re constantly licking your own wounds,” he stated coldly, still watching me.
“Until this moment, I didn’t know you could crave something you’ve never wanted.” His voice was thick like honey.
Perfect for distracting and disarming.
The thought of being the one—the only one—to control and feed that fire sent an absolute inferno through my mind, taking with it every sane thought I had held.
“Because if you’re not dead, I fear I will leave everything to follow you.”
I was losing the fight my soul waged against her.
Gods alive, she was stunning when she let that fire flow. There was a darkness in her that fueled her flame, and I felt it with my soul.
“I suggest you go to that far back corner with your brother and stop touching what’s mine unless you want your throat slit, Aurelius. Whatever your interest in the human, it ends now,”
I would make him regret ever bonding to me, if I had to return from hell to burn him myself.
Death and darkness will haunt you well into the golden fortress disguised as home.” She
“Speak my name from those soft lips, and I’ll give you anything—everything—you could ever want,”
She huffed and tried again to capture my lips, but I hovered just out of reach. She pulled back, defeated, and I pressed my mouth to hers, letting her know I was in control.
“I am yours to command, my love.” He pressed his soft lips against my cheek. “But I don’t think you understand the capacity of the blade you wish to wield.” Another kiss to my jawline. “It’s true, you may possess me now, but I will haunt you until your mortal blood rises from its depths to feel my touch.”
He truly thought he loved me. Not just a faint dribble of love either. An all-consuming, soul-drowning love.
knew you had a spark inside you, Callie. I just hadn’t thought it’d end up being a whole fucking inferno,”
“You’re looking pretty evil yourself right now, darling,” I rasped,
