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Then again, maybe that was why my parents bought the mansion in the first place. It’s much easier to ignore your demons when you’re not running into them on your way to the bathroom.
“I’m surprised to see you here, though. Without a pair of handcuffs, that is.” “I can assure you my bedroom habits have nothing to do with what parties I attend.”
People tend to be many things in my presence. Petrified, resentful, or perhaps even aroused. Ambivalence is not something I see often, and I find that alarming.
When I lean down and press my lips to hers, the entire background of the pub seems to melt away. My tongue prods the seam of her mouth, and it opens on the softest sigh, beckoning me to explore. And right then, I know. I’m fucked.
“Perhaps we don’t know each other’s favorite songs and worst nightmares, but you can be soulmates and still not be aware of those things. Some connections are physical, love. Tangible. You know them when you feel them.”
A heart can only take so many fractures before it shatters, and Jonas Wolfe could break mine without even trying.
Preston’s eyes flutter open as I bend down in front of him, looking at the myriad of weapons laid out like a buffet. I feel Jonas come up behind me, his presence warm at my back. “I thought you might want to decide how he dies,” he says, and my heart swells ten times. That shouldn’t be romantic, but goddamn. The man just gets me.
