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“Who are you, and what the fuck do you want with me?” I took another drink, turning back to look at the water. “Keiran, and everything.”
Keiran. Everything. “I have nothing to give.” I didn’t see him move, but he was closer now. “You have pain and grief. Yum. You have hate and rage. Delicious. You have power and promises. Mm.”
Had anyone ever described me as perfectly as this stalker just had?
“How the fuck do you know what I taste like?” “I’ve licked.”
“I’ve felt,” he continued. “I watched you break, and I watched you put the pieces together.” “Stalker.”
“Not when you want to belong to someone.” “Who do you want to belong to?” “Nothing.” Me. I was nothing.
His smile wasn’t natural, the paint was menacing, and the crazed look in his unclear eyes was off-putting. Yet I liked it.
“What do you know of pain?” “Want me to show you?”
Wasn’t gay. Never had been. Confused now.
“I want to expose myself to build immunity.”
“You feel like the lab I used to work in at university.”
That lab was the only place I ever felt like myself. It was the only place my mind was…mine. That’s…that’s what you just made me feel.”
“Restraint? What would you do, Finn? You’re afraid of germs.”
“I told you, I’m not afraid of them. The thought of them simply repulses me.” His eyes found mine. “But…not yours. Not with you. Only you.”
“I’m…I’m not panicking. I’m…you’re very…I like the way you look and feel when you lose control. I’m…I think I’m addicted to it.”
“We’ll figure this out,” I told him. “Together.” I smacked his cheeks. “I fucking pick you too, Zaden. Every goddamn time. I pick you.” I
“Because when my lights turn off, your face keeps me here.”
“So, you want me because I’m chaotic and full of fear?” “I want you because you’re you. The chaos and the fear are only attractive because of the monster they belong to.
“I pick you, Zaden. Now and every day. Just you.”
“What do I smell like?” “Mine. My path, my purpose, my tether to this body.”
“But you are not the captive.” His grip loosened as my blindfolded vision sparked stars. “You are my captive only. You play by different rules.”
