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“Let me know how that pans out for you though. Because thinking a girl feels something and knowing it are two different things. They’re a fucking enigma wrapped up in a secret, cloaked in a goddamn layer of confusing as fuck. So if you figure out the key to them then feel free to share with the group.”
“Yeah. So, live music kinda weirds me out. I just find it so cringe when people sing at me and then there’s the whole awkward social pressure to applaud and jump about in appreciation for how great they are. Even if you don’t think they’re great. It just makes me feel kinda…sick.”
“I think the stars picked you for me, Blue. I think you’re my Elysian Mate.”
was so sick of his bullshit, so sick of being his victim.
“Fuck off, you’re not suicidal,” he replied dismissively. “Nobody burns as hot and cold as you do if they don’t love life.” “You don’t know anything about me,” I snarled. “Yeah I do. And that’s what you can’t stand,” he replied darkly. “Because we’re the same you and me. Both fucked up, broken pieces on a game board that’s bigger than we can cope with. Both hoping to find some way of winning despite the odds being stacked against us all the damn time. Both addicted to things that push our boundaries and make us feel alive. Because at the end of the day, even feeling the worst of things is
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“Good. Because I’m not a better man,” he said in a low growl, his eyes full of shadows. “I’m the devil and I want you. I want you like I’ve never wanted anything or anyone. And I will fight to make you mine, no matter what it takes. No force in Solaria will rip us apart.”
“I do. But not now. Now I just wanna enjoy some time in your company and quite probably spend the night spooning you in the totally platonic, utterly fucking ridiculous way that this bond needs.” “Fuck, that sounds so good,” I groaned, knocking my head back on the couch with a breath of laughter.
“What do I taste like?” I mused, quirking up a brow. “Like power and fire and melted sugar.” “That’s very specific.” I grinned. “I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about it.”
I waved my hand between the two of them as my nose scrunched up in horror, all kinds of old school porno scenarios running through my head. Like him keeping her back after class for being a naughty girl, or her bringing him a shiny red apple and offering to do anything to get a better grade in his class.
“I’m going to fucking kill you,” I swore, taking a step forward. “No, Tory!” Darcy moved between us and her own fire flickered along her arms as she faced me down. “Just listen would you? Instead of making assumptions! If you could ever just control your temper you wouldn’t have half the problems you do!”
Tory had begrudgingly agreed to pretend she didn’t know about me and Orion even though she wanted to cut Seth’s balls off for it. But those balls had my name on them.
“It’s hell stitched into a goddamn dress is what it is. Two dresses to be exact. Geraldine wants us to wear these to the ‘grand returning’ or whatever she keeps calling it. But look at them.” She wafted them so the skirts unfolded, holding up the two gowns which were hideous beyond words. Huge frilly bows and miles of netting clustered together on each puffy disaster. “I’m not wearing it,” Tory announced. “I’m going to burn them, Darcy.” A wild light lit her eyes and sparks crackled along her skin. “Burn them with me, we’ll say it was an accident.”
“Because you’re in my head all the time. You pulse through my blood with each beat of my heart. I live for every scrap of attention you offer me and suffer through every moment you spend ignoring me,” he said darkly, holding my eye the entire time. “I thought you hated me?” I asked. “I do,” he agreed. “Because you represent everything I want and everything I can’t have.”
“I don’t want you on your knees. I want you fighting me and hating me and fucking me like you mean it. You’re Roxanya Vega and you weren’t built to bow to anyone,” he growled passionately. “You want me to hate you?” I asked in surprise. “I want you to feel for me. And I’ll take hate if that’s all you’re offering.”