Hate Me (Black Mountain Academy)

by Ashley Jade

“To answer your question from earlier, you don’t get to fuck with Aspen because she’s mine.”

Love is bullshit. Love is nothing but lies and hurt concealed in the notion of a fairytale we’re all forced to believe is vital to our wellbeing. Love always leads to pain.

Because if you’re going to keep a wild animal in a trap and taunt it with its favorite toy... You better make damn sure they don’t end up loving that toy more than they fear you.

Knox prefers to lurk in the shadows and loathes being the center of attention, which we very clearly are right now. I’m about to tell him we can stop, but his eyes darken, and he rasps, “I don’t care.” My heart stops as he tilts my chin up and then races into a full-blown gallop when his lips crash against mine.

I’ll let him kiss me for as long as he wants to. Because every action has a consequence… And he’s mine.