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He watches like the Grim Reaper, waiting for people to throw their souls at his feet, and I’m sure they do.
Dragging the tip of the knife, I watch his skin split under the blade. Jonas’ eyes bulge, his face twitching against my artistry—but I don’t stop until I’ve carved a bloody smile onto his face. “There we go. Now, is that so bad?”
Jill will love me, crave me, breathe me. She’ll feel me rooted so deeply inside her she won’t know where her soul ends and mine begins. She’ll be for me. Just like I am for her.
Because I know Jill. I know her past, I own her present, and I am her future.
“Because when I’m not with you, there’s an itching in my veins that only the sight of you can fix.” I blink at him, processing his words. That wasn’t the answer I was expecting, and I’m not sure how to feel about it. “You’re not just trying to get into my pants?” I ask skeptically. I’m not buying it. “I never said that.” “You’re attracted to me,” I state as his hungry gaze sweeps over me. “Like you wouldn’t fucking believe,” he says, standing from his chair. The sexual desire radiates off him and thickens the air around us. “If you don’t have a god complex, I’ll give you one.”
“Then I kissed you. Kissing you will be my reason for living until I fuck you.”
“You like that I follow you, watch you, want you. You feed off my attention, my need. It makes you want, makes you hot—makes you wet.
“You think you can handle all of me? I’m a lot of woman.” “Let’s get one thing clear.” He inches closer to tower over me, his eye contact deeply intentional. “You’re my warmup weight, Jill, so watch that pretty little mouth of yours and remember who you’re talking to. We’re made for each other. I’m the only man who will ever be able to handle you the way you deserve to be handled.” His eyes dip lower, trailing down my body like a caress. “All of you.”
“I bet your pussy is throbbing and needy for what only my cock can give you. You’re wet for me right now, aren’t you?”
“You are so fucking gorgeous, it’s unreal,” he murmurs deeply. “I’m going to mark every inch of your glorious body so there won’t ever be a question about who owns it.”
“I knew it.” His deep voice vibrates in his chest and into my bones. “Fucking you is the reason I’m on this earth.”
“You’re a decent fuck, Gage. Don’t ruin it with your mouth.” “That’s exactly what I’m going to do.” The dark promise in his voice sends a shiver through me. “I’m going to ruin you with my mouth. And my fingers and my cock.”
I’m not a religious man, but watching Jill come is as close as I’ll ever get to heaven. She’s the salvation to my damnation, and I will worship at her altar in every lifetime.
“But I’m going to fuck you like the monster you think I am. I’m going to use and abuse every inch of this masterpiece of a body—until you can’t remember your own name, and mine is the only one coming from your fuckable lips like a dirty prayer.”
“Shut up, Saint. Your pedo ‘stache is bad enough. No one wants to go into the booths with you.”
“Yes. My boner touched her, but—ahhh!” His words trail off into screams of agony, raw and unfiltered, as my knife saws the testicles from his body. His wrinkly ball sack is tossed to the floor at my feet. Blood spills over the plastic-covered chair onto the tarps covering the floor. Dane’s body jerks, his back arching, as his eyes roll back in his head. Losing consciousness, his body goes limp.
“This body doesn’t belong to you anymore. It’s mine. I decide who gets to touch it, enjoy it. Let someone touch it without my permission again, and I won’t hesitate to put a bullet right between his eyes. Then I’ll tie you up so you can’t even touch yourself.”
You’re so hot when you’re angry. I don’t bother to look around. I know he has eyes on me—whether it’s in person or through the cameras. Me: I’m going to kill you. Slowly and painfully. Gage: I love it when you’re mean to me. Me:
“Is that why you’ve covered yourself in ink? To become a masterpiece?” “Let’s be honest, I was a masterpiece without the ink. Now I’m a god.”
Her dark soul singing to mine. I need that shit on repeat.
I’m the only shadow allowed to haunt Jillian Hart. And I’ll never let her go.
“No more games, Jill,” he says, and I feel it so deeply in my chest it almost hurts. The discomfort is delicious. “There’s no life without you, and I’m done wasting time pretending there is. My dark soul’s found its match. I’m here to collect.” “Soulmates?”
“Soulmates, twin flames, my other half—call it what you want. We’re created for each other. I knew it the moment I laid eyes on you.” His hand circles my throat as he inches closer until we’re chest to chest. I know he can feel my heartbeat thrumming against his fingertips. “Tell me you feel it.”
“Inside your pussy.” He’s lost his patience. All sense of control is gone. “Now.” His command sends a new wave of desire crashing over me, and I can’t stop from obeying.
“Where the hell have you been my whole life?” I say finally. And I am a little pissed, because why the fuck didn’t he find me earlier. “Getting ready for when I found you,” Gage’s murmured words vibrate over me. “You took your sweet fucking time.” My sweetening tone softens the sting of my sharp words. “I’m sorry, baby.”
“I followed you.” “For how long?” My eyes narrow. “Longer than you think,” he states, unashamed. A smile pulls at my lips as lust swirls inside me at the thought. “You’re a sick freak,” I say, fighting my grin. Gage’s astute eyes smolder, a smirk crossing his face. “You’re turned on,” he points out. I don’t deny it. There’s no reason to. “You watched me kill them?”
“You’re a part of me, Jill, and I won’t live without you. Ever. There’s no breaking up. The second you even think about leaving me, I’ll have you chained in my basement, where you’ll never get the chance.”
“Thanks, but if I wanted the generic version, I would’ve stopped at Walmart,”
“You have nothing to worry about, Jill. I prefer brunettes who play with knives and have a taste for violence.”
She won’t take it easy, that I’m sure of. No matter when or how I tell her, I’m going to feel her wrath. But I’m not going to lose her because of her weasel of a brother. The cops never found a body, just like I knew they wouldn’t. They never will. And as painful as it is, Jill is slowly starting to accept the reality of the situation. She’ll never see Tommy again.
“Love you? From the second I laid eyes on you, there has been an itching in my veins that only the sight of you can ease. Without you, the world has no art, and I have no purpose.” I swallow hard against his hand, the breath halting in my chest as his words seep into my bones. “I don’t just love you, Jill. I worship you. I bleed you. I am for you.”
“Wherever you go—it better be far, and you better go fast. Make yourself invisible while you’re at it. Because I’m coming for you, little devil, and there’s nowhere on earth you can run that I won’t find you,” he says. “We’re forever, Jill. There’s no getting rid of me. Even if you kill me right now, my soul will find yours in every lifetime. I’m your shadow under a never-setting sun.”
