Enigma

by RuNyx

But for a few hours, Salem had spent that time in the hole with the dead rabbit, her perspectives and thoughts shifting, changing, realigning.

At 4 fucking years old??

death was inevitable. It chased everyone from the moment of the first drawn breath and caught them at their last.

Profound…. Jeesh.

Somehow she had stumbled onto an exclusive group that her sister wasn’t a part of. It was a heady feeling to know she was picked for something that her older sibling wasn’t.

It was at this point I became utterly invested…

It was the thought that her sister had once been that dark mass on a beach somewhere and no one had seen her for a while.

Oh shit!!

Opening dead bodies? Sure. Saying fuck in public? Absolutely not.

I love this! It’s adorable!

She was aware that Olivia had been his student, one of his best and brightest, and she waited for his response.

Well he def had something to do with it….

It was offensive, and she idly wondered if he’d be able to sustain it if she stapled his lips shut. Huh. The violent thought surprised her. This was new.

Oh I love her!!

“Both as a Salazar and as—” he gave her a small grin “—goldengirl01?”

😳😳😳

Then he murmured a “fuck it” before dragging her with him in the opposite direction.

There it is…. 😏😏😏

Merlin’s office. In her head, she had dropped the title of doctor after learning that he had used her deceased sister’s birthday as his access code.

Meh…. Too many connections.. it’s not him…

“It’d be so easy right now, wouldn’t it?”

“So easy to push you against his desk and fuck you raw.”

“And you’d let me—”

“—wouldn’t you?”

Well…. When you put it like that…. Kinda have no choice 💦💦🥴🥴🥴

“Try it. Try walking off a cliff, I will block you. Try making yourself bait, I will catch you. And try being with another man, I will use his blood and make you the canvas.”

Yup…. Just came all over myself…. 🥴🥴🥴

“In fact,” he said, moving to her bed, “I slept like the dead for a few hours too. So good that I don’t think I’ll be leaving your bed anytime soon.”

Make yourself at home then…..

“I’m not talking about limp-dicked assholes who left you unsatisfied.” “How do you know they didn’t satisfy me?” she mused out loud. His eyes darkened, pupils almost swallowing the grays whole. “Because they didn’t own your mind, not like I do.”

Jesus!!!!! How the fuck does she write MMC’s like this…. Fuuuuuuck 💦💦💦💦

“You could bring gods to their knees, you know that?” he murmured softly, his hands tightening on her hips, before drifting to the corners of her eyes, tracing them like he did. “Just one glance from these eyes would have driven men to murder in old times. Still might.” Salem tilted her head to the side. “Would it drive you to murder?” He pulled her closer. “Oh, little asp. It would drive me beyond.” “What is beyond murder?” “Damnation.”

Bruuuuhhhhh - I just came …. Again…

“Because I was a man on the path to damnation and I saw salvation instead. Because being near you makes me feel something beyond rage. Because the chaos inside me quietens when I’m near you.” His words were shaking by the end of his sentence, his hands holding her possessively. “You’ve become my muse, little asp.”

…….aaaaaand AGAIN…💦💦💦🥴🥴🥴

Was he protecting her again?

I love that she realizes omission is protection just like she does.

How the fuck did this dickhead know all the secrets around this place?

Omg …. That’s what I’m saying!!!

The guy in front of her looked at him, at her, at him again. “Can I help you?” “Yeah,” Caz spoke, his voice rough, low, almost a growl. “Fuck off.”

Hahahahaha “mine….”

And coming for her would make them all understand why they’d called him Death in prison.

IN PRISON?????????????

Her mother never hung up, not without saying a proper goodbye.

Oh no… something is wrong…

She liked his brand of unhinged.

Same😏😏😏

Merlin was pissed Caz had brought it up, she could tell. Nevertheless, he answered. “Secrets.”

He’s the TA because he has something on the good Dr.

The dreams had returned with a vengeance, except this time, instead of her sister, she saw herself rotting and being torn apart by vultures,

I love how RuNyx walks the line of PNR….

What in the psycho shit had he done?

Hahahahahhaaa I’m dying!!!

And suddenly, out of nowhere, it hit her. Vanguard. The family her father had killed.

WHAT?!?!?!

“Where’s your brother now?” she asked him softly, waiting with bated breath as he kept looking up through the glass. “He’s in the sky,” he said. “A star, right next to your sister. Look.”

Oh. My. Fucking. God. FEEEELLLLSSSSSS 😭😭😭

“Because you fell asleep in my arms on the edge of the cliff. Because your pussy took a pounding. Because you’re feeling too many things you’re not used to. Take your pick.”

Took a pounding huh??? Not me being jealous 🤣🤣

“You’re moving in with me tomorrow,” she stated. “You’ll sleep in a bed every night till you die, no matter what happens between us. I promise.”

🥹🥹

“And you’ll be in that bed with me every night till I die. I promise.”

😭😭😭😭 fucking feels!!!!!

“Your application went through seamlessly, despite your not going to Dr. Merlin for your recommendation letter.”

I feel like they are applying for something else and not what they think!

“You had your phone,” he pouted,

I fucking love this!!!!! Hahahahaha - soaked my panties….

She looked down at the text, shaking her head at the way he’d saved his number. Love of my life:

Omg this!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Bane of my existence: Take care of my pussy. Said pussy gave a ghost of a clench at being acknowledged by him.

Same girl… same!

Salem stepped closer to the girl, trying to reach her, when her eye fell on something that stunned her. The small symbol behind her ear. A tattoo of an unknown symbol. She was marked, just like the two dead people on her board.

Oh shit!!!

Her phone. Her old phone that she’d broken on the ground.

Stop it right fucking now!!!

“If you keep staring,” he said without opening his eyes, somehow aware that she was looking at him, “you won’t be able to walk tomorrow without feeling me.”

Dooooooo iiiiiiittttttttttt!!!

“So a better memory replaces it. So that every time you come here, this is immediately what you think of rather than whatever terrifies you.” He nuzzled her neck, speaking against her skin. “I want to be the only villain you see. I want to be the only devil who drags you to hell.”

Bruuuuuuuuhhhhhhh!!!!!! Orgasm number 3…..🥴🥴🥴

“You’re crazy,” she whispered. He was. “About you?” He pressed a kiss to her neck. “Utterly.” Kiss. “Absolutely.” Kiss. “Shamelessly.”

God dammit!!! 💦💦💦💦

“Because life with you feels greater than death. Because you make the artist in me burn with the need to create, make the man in me burn with the need to possess, make the killer in me burn with the need to protect. You make me want to live, Salem. You give me a modicum of peace in a world of chaos. Is that reason enough?”

I…… I have no fucking words for what this says….ugh!!!!! I need to shop for underwear, aaaaand I probably need to steam clean my couch at this point💦😮‍💨🥴💦

Aditi shook her head and started toward the woods. “C’mon. Let’s check whatever you want to check.”

I love that she isn’t going alone - I swear this better not lead to a 3rd act breakup

“Mine,” he growled against her mouth,

🫠🫠🫠

The acceptance in her heart that he loved her was still new but it was solid, unwavering, just like her own knowledge that she loved him too.

PLEASE PLEASE don’t let there be miscommunication

Salem was so involved in watching the proceedings that she completely forgot to be alert. A hand grabbed her arm, dragging her out from behind the rock.

Fuuuuuuuuuck!!!

Dr. Bayne grows it himself. It’s a type of datura flower, very potent. High doses can cause hallucinations,

Oh shit… he was talking legit about flowers…

but he locked one arm around her torso, effectively immobilizing her, carrying her to the other end of the altar and placing her on it rather gently.

That’s definitely Caz….

What the fuck was he doing there?

Calm down….