Desperate Run

by C.J. Riggs

“Une si bonne fille.”

“Now, be a good prey and clean up your mess.”

“You only bleed for me.”

“Do you know why I don’t call you beautiful, but instead, perfect, Max?” The shake of her head is almost imperceptible, but I notice it. “It’s because beauty is comparable, where you are not. You are my version of perfection, which no one can compare to.”

“La muerte me beso y me senti como en el cielo... lo que queda demi eres tu.”

He’s the biggest walking red flag I may ever come across, one that isn’t in the books I read at home. He’s everything I know I should stay away from but when he looks at me like he does, touches me and makes me actually feel something. I find myself fighting to stay put.

“I’ll provide you a loaded gun to end my life, because death is the only thing that will separate me from you.”

“And even then, I’ll wait for you to join me in the afterlife where I’ll continue to hunt you, ma proie.”

you, make me feel a little more alive… and a lot less... lost.”

“You are still perfect, Petit Mouton. My version of perfection, and that's all that matters.”

“I love you too—until whatever end awaits us. Never change, even for me. Because you, and all your tendencies, are what I fell in love with.”

“Te amare hasta mi proximo respiro, Draven. Y aun asi te encontrare en la proxima vida!”