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I’d pushed her for her hatred because a moment of her scorn meant more to me than what it cost. I took her attention whatever way I could get it because all the time it was on me it lit me up and made me burn. And I wanted to burn with her more than I thought I’d ever wanted anything in my life.
Roxy Vega, I’m gonna make you mine.
“I’ve been watching you,” he said slowly. My heart beat a little faster at that confession
Darius observed the movement like he was starving for it, like anything and everything I did now was fascinating to him.
“Why?”
“Because that’s what I do,”
“I watch you and hunger for you and ache for you. It torments me like I torment you.”
“Why not just look away?” “I’d find it easier to carve my eyes out than I would to stop them landing on you.”
“So don’t stop,”
Darius reached out for me and gently brushed a lock of my hair behind my ear. Only his fingertips touched me but the path they carved into my skin was pure sin.
But I was done running from him. There was something between us that couldn’t be denied any longer and it was time we faced it.
“There are countless people who would say I’m not allowed to want you,” Darius breathed. “But you make me want to burn the whole world down so that I can claim you for my own.” “Then we should burn it down,” I agreed.
“Don’t you lay a fucking hand on her again!”
