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“News flash. Nothing escapes us. You can hide, but you can’t run.”
it isn’t darkness that’s scary, it’s what lurks inside it.
Because his impassive eyes remain on me, studying me like a predator. Too bad for him, I’m no one’s prey.
I need therapy. If only I could afford it.
“You really should’ve run away while you had the chance. Welcome to hell, Dahlia.”
“From now on, we’re each other’s only family.” “You’ll never leave me alone?” She hugs me and whispers the word that gives me new hope, “Never.”
“What I use is mine and mine alone. I don’t share my toys. Are we clear?”
“I’m your winter, Dahlia. No flower can survive winter. Not even wildflowers.”
Dahlia is strong. Stronger than she knows. But at seeing her like this—broken, trembling, clinging to me for dear life—an unfamiliar feeling rushes through me. An ache. An urge to protect her in a way I’ve never protected anyone. And that’s dangerous. No. It’s lethal. Because not only will it affect my plans, but it’ll also knock her off the chessboard as a useless pawn.
“Your body is made to be used and owned by me.”
I love it when he loses control because of me.
“What does it mean if you’re constantly left on Read?” He paused, then slowly slipped his hoodie on. “Lack of interest?” “She used to text me first.” “Then loss of interest.”
“Fuck you!’ “Patience. I’ll get to that in a bit.”
Clawing is fine. I can handle her kitten-like scratches. As long as she’s not stroking or doing any of the disgusting sentimental shit she attempted the other time.
Dahlia was made for me. Her body is mine. Her moans are mine. Even her violence is fucking mine.
I refuse to have his body without his heart—and soul, if need be. I refuse to be another stop on his journey. And even if I end up being that, I want to be the unforgettable stop he can’t purge out of his mind. The one episode in his past that he can’t stop thinking about.
“You’re crazy.” “Because of you.”
I thought if I chopped off the branches, it’d all be over, but I failed to realize that she left her roots somewhere I didn’t know existed.
You don’t need blood to care. If anything, some blood relations are like a curse.”
“You’re like a bad investment that keeps haunting the rest of the portfolio.”
