By a Thread

by Lucy Score

“I’m saying I found you. And I’m not fighting it anymore. You’re mine.”

“I don’t want anything serious,” I whispered on a shiver when he brushed a kiss to the corner of my mouth. My lips burned with the need to feel his. His laugh was gentle, but I still heard the sound of prison doors slamming shut. “Oh, sweetheart, you no longer have a choice.”