“I love you too, golden boy,” I breathed and he sighed, closing his eyes as he relished those words. I carved my fingers over his face and into his hair, my soul rising to the surface of my flesh for this boy. “I love every ray of sunshine that’s housed in your skin, I love that each one burns into me and makes me feel lighter than air. But I love your darkness too, the shadowy side of you that lurks beneath that sweetly cruel exterior. I want both halves of you, Blake Bowman, because they make you real. They make you a villain and a hero. A god and a devil. The creature in between it all is
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