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life is about choices; some that are impossible to make, while others we live to regret. But we’re human after all, born to make mistakes. Humans are faulty, we are both good and evil – a perfect yin and yang.
Pain became my companion; grief was my nightmare and guilt turned out to be my soulmate.
“Our fathers have arranged our marriage. It’s being finalized as we speak.”
“You could have refused.”
“You say this and yet you know how important this marriage is for both our families,”
“Is that the only reason why you agreed to this marriage?”
“You know very well what my reasons are.”
“You could just kill me,”
“Make it easy for both of us, don’...
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“Why should you have an e...
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“She died a cruel death, Julianna. And you will suff...
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This was the reason why we were poison together. I killed his love an...
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“Do you know what date ...
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“She was supposed to walk down the aisle today,”
“Two years so you can walk down the aisle. Our wedding will be held on this day, two years from now.”
“What if I can’t walk again?”
“Then, I’ll drag you down the aisle, on your fucking knees, if I have to.”
“Listen to me very carefully. You will marry me; you will pay for your sins and you will die at my hands.”
I should pay for my sin. I should suffer. I should die at his hands. It was his right. After all, I killed his heart.
“I will break you, Julianna Romano.”
You can’t break what’s already broken.
“Oh right, I forgot to give you this.”
He fished something out of his pocket and then carelessly threw it my way. It skidded on the shiny floor, a few feet away from my wheelchair.
“Your ...
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Killian said coldly, his voice drippi...
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“Wear it. Happy engageme...
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It was official. Two years from now, I would be Killian’s wife. This marriage was his vengeance – the vows would not be of love, but of hatred. His retaliation. My atonement. One imperfect marriage.
Don’t allow him to do it. No one should ever use your weaknesses against you.”
Killian’s voice rasped in my ear. His own cruel version of our marriage vows. “Killian Spencer, do you take this woman to be your wife, to live together in matrimony–”
“I vow to spend the rest of my life making you regret what you did to Gracelynn.”
“… To love her, to honor her, to comfort her, ...
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“To hurt you, to break you… and to hate you for the rest of our days. I will never be your protector, never your defender; I v...
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“… And to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long ...
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“In health and in sickness, through sorrow and pain, for all the days in my life, I will...
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while Killian was marrying me for vengeance, I was marrying him for a whole different reason. This was my way of seeking… salvation.
“… Till death do us part.”
“Till death do us part.”
“…I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.” His jaw tightened and I swore, the look in his eyes was deadly. I watched in horror as Killian took a step back. The silence that followed laid on my skin like poison, sinking under my flesh and paralyzing me as Killian walked away. Leaving me at the altar.
Julianna Spencer. My new name. My new beginning. Yet it was nothing but bitter.
I watched her walk away. Not knowing it was the last time I’d see her. She walked away… Not even leaving her shadow behind. Because the next time I saw her, her cold body was in a casket. Buried with the secret she wanted to tell me.
We were all addicted to something that took pain away.
Pain was a dwelling of madness, but it was exactly what kept me sane.
“Why are you here?”
“Our fathers expect us to consummate this marriage,”
Killian spat, his words violent and harsh to my ears. I heard him shift around in the room, felt him move closer to me. I kept my back to him when realization finally dawned on me th...
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“You couldn’t even bear to kiss me at the altar.”
He was considerably closer now, his warmth spreading across my back. He was so close I felt his breath fanning at the back of my neck and the fabric of his pants brushing against my bare legs. My skin peppered with goose flesh and I trembled at the nearness of him. He crowded into me, pushing me against the vanity. Killian made me feel small and vulnerable. But he was no merciful man.
Killian Spencer vowed to make me suffer for the rest of my days. That wasn’t a wedding. It had been a one-way ticket to eternal damnation.
“Why… why do your eyes look so much like hers? It fucking haunts me,”
“You. Are. Every. Reminder. Of. What. I. Lost.”
