White Out (24690 #2)

by A.A. Dark

When love abandoned you, negative emotions easily slipped through the cracks of one’s broken soul to make us whole again.

He was alive, and he had betrayed her. Left her to be tortured and battered in the clutches of a psychotic bastard.

“Main Master? Master Harper?” Can I take your face with me?

I could feel my new self twist and warp into a person I should have feared. Where I should have tried to get control of her, I didn’t.

I would survive.

“Payback tastes a lot sweeter than your tongue. Than your cum. I’ll take the coldness of a blade before I let you brand yourself completely onto my heart. You had no right to begin with. It was never yours.”

For the first time, familiarity soared. Everleigh had always felt so perfect in my arms. Like she’d been made to fit me. This moment was no different. Although she hit into my sides, she was softening. Molding to me as I thrust my tongue into her mouth.

You couldn’t befriend monsters and expect blood not to become involved at some point.

“Black is black White is white. Kiss my lips, Don’t take my sight. The taste so sweet, Like honeyed heat. My love is dead, My soul is beat. We dance our dance, So close and slow. The white is cold, Just like the snow.” Silence.

“You were the only thing that kept me hanging on. If you think I’m going to let West win by taking away the only thing I felt was worth living for, then you are the fool, slave. Your love for me is in there somewhere. I don’t care what I have to do to set it free, I’m taking back what’s mine.”

I want my slave back and you have her held hostage inside you. For your sake, you better reach in deep and set her free.”

“We were meant for each other, Everleigh. Don’t you see? I won’t let you fight this. You’ve cared for me more than anyone ever has. You have sacrificed so much for me, and I’m not going to let that be in vain because some bastard decided he wanted my life. You are my life. You once said you loved me. Tell me again. Feel it again so I can too.”

“I’m sorry,” he whispered. “All I want is you. I want to feel again. Our life can be bearable here if we have each other. Just be with me, slave. Love me like you did before, and I will try…”

“Everleigh. Slave. I have loved you for longer than you can even imagine.

Who is this woman, she pleads for such peace. Who is this killer, who stays within reach? Why does she tempt me? So strong she does grow. Who will come save me, when there’s nowhere to go. Kiss me, don’t break me, words whisper within. You’re mad, you’ve gone crazy, His love was my sin. The tears won’t stay hidden, They flee who they know, I love you, I swear it, But alas, I must go.

“You lie. You’ll never forget me. You love me, and I love you. It’s why my word right now means nothing. Men who love like me are not honorable, slave. We fight for what we want. We kill, if need be. You are mine. You have always been mine. If it’s a game of cat and mouse you seek, you have it, but I wonder if it’ll even come to that. I truly wonder just how far you’ll make it alone.”

Nothing but the fact that today I was in control did. For now, I was free.