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“Those are my favorite ones.” He hums, moving his hand from my breast to the side of my face. “When I make you come so hard, it looks painful for you.” My breathing is still rough, struggling to catch up, the opposite of my pulse that won’t slow down. “It is.” I give him a nod. “You make my whole body feel like it’s made of glass, like the tiniest touch is going to make me explode into a million pieces.”
It’s hard when you meet the person who completes you. It feels like everyone else disappears, and all you need is them.
and the thing about Camila is, even I can’t hold her leash.
but I’m a doctor in brat with a focus on pushing his buttons.
I want to breathe his old air, drink his backwash, and fuck, if it didn’t require killing him, I’d say the only way to truly be as close to him as I want would be to zip myself up inside his meatsuit and wear him out to dinner.
“Did you just break the fourth wall?”
He’s close, and I might die.
I might die. He’s worth it. Rest in peace, bitch.
“I will follow you to the edge of madness, Darkling. Just tell me when it’s time to leap.”
Hi, I’m the danger. Please back the fuck up, because I’m easily overstimulated.
“What is it about killing someone that makes me want to fuck your brains out?”
So, when he sets the boundaries, I don’t push. I know it’s for my own good. I know it keeps us together, keeps me together. So, I listen.
Three years with my ex, Noah, and he convinced me I had no sense of humor. You just don’t get my jokes, he’d constantly remind me. Turns out, he just wasn’t funny. When someone who is supposed to love you is always laughing at your expense, the reality is, they probably just don’t like you very much. The sound of Harkins’ laughter is my favorite thing in this world, and with him, there isn’t a day that I don’t fall asleep with my face sore from smiling. I’ve never been this happy in my life.
“Careful out there, Darkling.”
I laugh, letting her figure this one out for herself. I don’t mind sharing her, because she always comes back to me.
Chainsaw him, Daddy!”
I love this girl so fucking much.
“I love you so much.” Her words are labored, struggling to come out. Every moment is the right one, but none of them are quite good enough. She deserves magic.
“Babyyyy.”
“Hmm?” She’s gonna need to ask for it, though.
“Say what you want.” I slip my hand under her mask, wrapping her throat in my hold.
“Let me play.”
“Who’s there?” a man’s voice calls from one of the cells. Her voice comes from deep in the shadows, “God.”
She’s so unhinged, and I’ve never been more in love.
I find a dead cop on the ground—my favorite kind.
“Didn’t you hear her, buddy? She’s your God.”
I can hear Demetri’s breathing just over my shoulder, my arms burning with the back and forth pull of the ax, even though I’m not the one doing the brunt of the work.
But I am not a merciful God.
A boot kicks me in the rib, sending me flying against the wall. My back slams into the concrete, a demonic croak escaping my throat when I’m finally able to breathe. I brace for impact again but hear my favorite sound: Harkins’ fists. The chainsaw swings on its strap behind his back while he pummels the guard with his bare fists, only stopping to relieve his holster of the pistol. Demetri throws the gun to the ground, sending his fist into the guard’s stomach. I crawl closer, clutching my stomach, coughing in desperate attempts to relieve the pain in my chest. The guard lands on his back next
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Not very ACAB of me to fuck a cop, but maybe if he’s dying, we can count it as my effort to the cause.
He’s breathy when he speaks. “Hi.” A million butterflies flutter down my stomach and a girlish laugh bursts out of me. “Hi.”
“No mistakes, Darkling,” he reminds me.
