CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR PIERCE**This feeling...The unwelcoming stirs of familiarity flare in my senses as I survey this abandoned neighbourhood.It fills me with memories of the past, the ones I had tried so hard to bury, but soon I learnt that demons don't die, they always linger in the darkest parts of you. Lurking.Waiting.In the silence of your mind, you can begin to hear their voices. So, I welcome the demons with open arms, and the darkness becomes my solace.The whole fucking place smells like poverty, the surroundings may be different, but the memories it ignites in my senses are the same. I only like that this spot is isolated, with no cars or other buildings. Whatever happens here will remain buried in these walls, it's that kind of place. I can smell Kai's tension, the way he unconsciously shifts closer to my side makes my chest swell with strong protective instinct. Yes, move even closer to me! Even the barrier of our skin is too much distance. Allow me to absorb
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE PIERCE ' Baby, wear my skin like a cloak and let my blood be a testament to our everlasting love___' My second favourite part about hunting is when the animal gets immobilized, knowing that only death is what's left. Humans simply don't know when to give up "Should I just remove the skin from your bones... I can make a cloth from it and give it to Kai, I wonder if he'll like my gift?" I think aloud; a strangled moan escapes from my victim's mouth. No, if Kai has to wear anyone's skin, it definitely has to be mine.I don't mind bleeding if it's for him.I press the burning part of the cigarette on his eyes. His screams are chilling as the heat simmers through his tightly shut eyelids.I'm not satisfied. I repeat the action on his other eyes, poking hard and deep.I'm still not satisfied, not by a long shot. I look around; this place seems to be the storeroom; some tools are lying around. I should be able to find something. "I think this will do..." I grab t
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX MALAKAI**Over the weekend, the news of a fire burning down the small mechanic shop and killing several people spread everywhere. It even gains the attention of our local news channel. ' The five bodies discovered are suspected to belong to the gang member who resides in that area 'The glass of water slips from my hand and clatters on the breakfast table, I stare at the TV in shock.Why is it five people?Only two of the guys in the mechanic shop that day, I am positive. Did Pierce make another return after he'd dropped me off? All of my senses are suffering. This heaviness in my chest is making me want to scream out of my lungs; I just want it to stop.I want to forget.Please, God, just erase everything. Just give me another chance; if I can start over, I will make different decisions. "Malakai, what's wrong with you these days? Why can't you concentrate?" My Father yells, looking annoyed over the mess I'd just made, Mom has been passing me the rag, but
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENMALAKAI **"Malakai,"No, it isn't Pierce. I slowly turn around to see Lana. My fidgety gaze surveys our environment quickly, why is she here? And why am I panicking so much? It's not as if Pierce even knows that I'm here. Ezra leans to whistle in my ears. "No need to ask, I'll vacate the room for you this night." He winks. And before I can even respond, he walks away, but not before wriggling his stupid brows at me suggestively."Hi, Lana." I try to disguise my unease, it will be awkward not to respond to her greetings. But, if Pierce finds out that I'm talking to her...No, I'm not even the one who approached her, this isn't my fault.Shit, I sound like a gutless idiot, but I can't help it, not when he'd threatened to cut my dick off. A foreboding feeling overtakes my entire body at the thought. What if he really does cut it off? Cold sweats trickle down my spine, but Lana doesn't seem to notice my panic."I wanted to hang out with my friends during th
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTMALAKAI **"Baby..."No!Why did the nightmare start so early? I blink once, and again, but Pierce's face is still in front of me.Who am I fooling? This isn't a dream. He found me even in this place. I'd just wanted to get away for some time, but Pierce doesn't even allow me that.It's as if he's marking his presence in everything I do, wherever I go. He's staring at my face, his sharp gaze focuses on my lips and lingers there. Panic jolts through me when his eyes flash with an intense emotion.He knows!A cold shiver makes all the hairs on my body rise. "Pierce, I...It was just a kiss, I only..."My words halt when I notice the confusion that flickers on Pierce's face, Then, his eyes harden."Kissed who?"He didn't know...!My eyes widen with realization ... Fuck me, what have I done?"Who did you kiss, baby?" His voice is dangerously soft.I don't respond, and he scowls down at me; I can see his anger quickly mounting. "Pierce..." The icy look in his eyes
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINEMALAKAI **"Argh!"His teeth slowly sink in moments before his lips wrap around my flesh and suck. Hard. Nerve endings I had no idea existed roar with life, jolting pain through my cock, my blood is pumping so hard, and it's all rushing down there. "Is the thought of me biting you off excitingly you? You're so hard right now," Pierce's warm breath tickles my sensitive flesh; the sensations become unbearable."Ah, no!"I'm also very confused about these strange feelings. I'm not sexually aroused... It's terror and pain that has made my dick suddenly erect.Pierce pauses, and my frantic gaze settles on his heated ones that are glazed with malicious intent. "Kai, how about we make a bet?."I don't want to!"I'm going to play with you a bit, try hard not to cum, and I might just forgive you..."I blink at him doubtfully, there's no way I can trust that he plans to let me off so easily. Traumatized as I am, it should be easy enough not to feel any pleasure from thi
CHAPTER THIRTY ONEMALAKAI **He doesn't take me to the hospital or any doctor. We arrive at his house, and my whole body prickles with alarm. "Why are we here?""Our honeymoon, what do you think?"Pierce shoves me inside and pulls me against the couch; groaning low in his throat, he inclines his head and captures my mouth in a soul-snatching kiss. Our breaths rush out of us as our lips mesh together. It's a conditioned instinct, I start to lose myself in the kiss.Well, Almost. I can't continue to do this. Even though I'm afraid of him, I still want to pull myself from this pit of darkness. Everything in me snaps when Pierce starts to take off my clothes."I can't take this anymore, it's enough!" With a savage growl, I push his shoulders roughly, wiping his taste from his mouth roughly with a swipe of my hands.We silently stare at each other, my eyes spitting with rage... And plea.My fists are clenched, and my fingers dig into my palm hard enough to make them bleed, but I don
CHAPTER THIRTY ONEMALAKAI **He doesn't take me to the hospital. We arrive at his house, and my whole body prickles with alarm. "Why are we here?""Our honeymoon, what do you think?"Pierce shoves me inside and pulls me against the couch; groaning low in his throat, he inclines his head and captures my mouth in a soul-snatching kiss. Our breaths rush out of us as our lips mesh together. It's a conditioned instinct, I start to lose myself in the kiss.Well, Almost. Everything in me snaps when Pierce starts to take off my clothes."I can't take this anymore, it's enough!" With a savage growl, I push his shoulders roughly, wiping his taste from his mouth roughly with a swipe of my hands.We silently stare at each other, our eyes spitting with rage. At this moment, I forget how to be afraid. My fists are clenched, and my fingers dig into my palm hard enough to make them bleed, but I don't feel the pain; it's my chest that furiously swells like it's about to fucking explode."I can't
EPILOGUE PIERCE** TWO YEARS LATER I broke him, my little bird. My prettiest boy, and my husband. Yes, we have been legally bound for almost two years now, and even though some time has passed, Kai is still broken by that incident. He is like a beautiful reflective glass that has been splintered into a million pieces, and I'm not going to try to fix him, because I know that each piece of him loves me dearly. Glass is beautiful when it is whole, but have you ever noticed the way it shines brighter when it is broken? That is exactly how Kai is to me, and I love to think that if that situation two years ago is played all over again, he's going to choose me again. And he knows it too which is why he's never going to forgive me for manipulating him into doing what he did. Even right now, as I watch him, everyone else around him feels inferior. He's like that bright star in the sky that no one else can reach, but somehow, he is mine, which makes me the luckiest bastard on the planet
CHAPTER EIGHTY ONEMALAKAI **Liam freezes, the knife still suspended in the air, as I make cold eye contact with him."Get away from him, don't make me do it__" My voice is oddly firm even though desperation is boiling and pumping through my veins.The gun feels heavy in my hands, "Get away from him, I won't repeat myself!" My hands start to tremble. I don't want to do this. I meet Pierce's gaze, the blood seeping from his hand catches my attention and this is probably the first time I've seen him hurt. And it does something to me, like every thread of reasoning in my brain snaps and all I'm left with is protective and murderous instinct. How dare Liam hurt what is mine?! The voices in my head are screaming to pull the trigger. I want to kill him!"You're not going to hurt me, you can't even hold a gun!"Liam sneers.Pierce starts to shove him off, and Liam raises the knife high; the next events happen in a blur, and the shot explodes, not just once, but twice.Time and everythi
CHAPTER EIGHTY MALAKAI **"Pierce?""Hmm?"'Just tell him, don't think about anything else, tell him everything!'It's only sensible to let him know, but my mouth feels frozen when I open it, and I can not find the words to tell him that we could possibly be in danger. That I've been giving money to Liam."What's wrong?" Here is an opening again to confess everything."If something is bothering you, you can always tell me, you know that, right?" Pierce says softly, gazing at me in the most adoring way that makes my heart clench. I have been lying to him a lot lately, and I don't like it one bit because keeping this secret means distancing myself from him and he keeps providing me with these opportunities, so why do I keep hesitating? The reason is simply that I still want to give Liam a chance; I feel that he is just lost. I've been at that point once. If I tell Pierce, there's no way Liam is going to be left alive. So, what am I going to do about the loanshark? I don't want to
CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINEMALAKAI**Wandering hands and probing lips wake me up, the covers are pulled back and firm fingers are grasping my knees apart"Pierce," I sigh when I feel his warm breath on my flesh just before he gives my nipple a long lick, warming me up to the tingles of pleasure. Lying to Pierce about where I was last night had been easier than I expected.I created a false story about meeting some random street beggar, and he had been convinced he didn't suspect anything.Normal Pierce would have interrogated me deeper, why is why I feel weird, and I'm starting to think that maybe he__No, it can't be that. If he knew that I secretly met Liam, he would have raised hell. Not treating me gently like this. "Pierce..." I moan when I feel the thick head of his cock stretching me wide; my body is trembling for his touch."Hmmm," His low hum vibrates and encloses my nipple, sending a wave of electric shock through my spine. I bury my fingers into his back when he starts to thr
CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHTMALAKAI**As I watch, a delicate hummingbird flies into view, its feathers glowing like diamonds. I snap photo after photo, trying to freeze the moment. My camera lens views the curious butterfly as it lands on a nearby flower, its wings unfolding like tiny works of art.I lean in closer, capturing the intricate details of its delicate body. The theme of the assignment is animal versus nature, I just hope that the professor is going to like my work. I shift my camera to a new landscape and zoom only for all of my thoughts to freeze.It's him again.I look up from his image on my camera, and sure enough, he is still standing there, close enough for me to acknowledge his presence but too far for me to reach him. What does he want from me? He keeps following us everywhere. "What is it?"I jump at the sound of Pierce's voice, I try to smile but it falters from my sudden nervousness. "Can we return to the hotel? I'm a bit tired, and I need a drink,"We are in th
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN MALAKAI **SEVEN MONTHS LATER "I'm doomed, I already booked us dinner, but I still don't have his birthday gift!""Did you get him a ring or something like I told you?""Of course not!"I'm on face time with Ezra, and he snorts at my dumbfounded expression. His idea is horrible, but I can only blame myself for asking him for gift ideas in the first place; at times like this, I sort of wish that I had other friends to consult. Why is gifting Pierce something always so difficult? Or maybe I deserve the title of being the worst boyfriend because I still haven't figured out what Pierce is enthusiastic about. At this point, I may have to wrap my ass or my dick in a ribbon and give it to him. Wait__ can I do that? It's only reasonable because that's the one thing Pierce ever seems to always want."You even got two different cars on your birthday! If I were you, I'd marry him right away. Life's rough out here, you know"Actually, it's Pierce's dad who also gifted
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIXMALAKAI**I fall asleep at some point, and it's probably due to the IV fluids, but it isn't a deep sleep because my eyes flutter open when I hear a sound at the door."Is it already time to go?" I mutter groggily to Pierce, who is sitting on the bedside chair close to me. I feel better, but my body is still weak, my gaze shifts to the door to see the nurse who had attended to me earlier enter, but she isn't alone.The familiar figure that walks in behind her makes my heart race with surprise.Uriel?She sees me, and her eyes instantly widen with a thunderstruck look that reflects mine."Malakai, It's really you!" She rushes towards me; my weak condition seems to sober her up, or I fear that she will just jump on me. "Where have you been?!"I stare at the attending nurse, who is giving us a bewildered look. Pierce had coldly told her off when she tried to take our picture earlier. I guess she still secretly did it, but who could have imagined the coincidence?Uri
CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVEMALAKAI **I stare at the deep scars around my flesh in dismay. Most of the skin is reddish and purplish, almost like a tattoo all over my cock; not only that, the burning sensations scream to me that I have been overused. Just staring at my dick brings pitiful tears to my eyes,"What's wrong?"I hear Pierce's deep voice from behind me, and I clench my teeth; how dare he even ask? The nerve!"My... my... It's ugly because of you!"I can barely look at the dark hickeys covering every inch of it without wincing. At times like this, I wonder if Pierce loves me or hates me. "Son't see what you're talking about. It looks fine to me," He says, and he tries to touch it, but I swat off his hand.Of course, he's going to say that!"You're just jealous that my dick looks prettier and you had to make it ugly and scary looking like yours!" I glare at Pierce, his loud laughter at my upset state makes me even more mad. I see the dark circles beneath his eyes and can't h
CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOURMALAKAI **Can you love a person so much that you hate them for it?is such a thing even possible?Pierce is beyond horrible; words cannot even begin to describe it, but every fibre of my being is honest when I say that I love him. Even knowing that his insanity knows no bounds that he is a madman who has been allowed to roam freely. Nothing and no one is safe, but my damaged soul, my messed up mind, and my broken heart only know how to love him. "I love you..." because I'm terrified not to, without these feelings, I'll be an empty shell. I may breathe, but I won't have a purpose.I have no excuse. I'm fully aware that I have been dragged to the depths of hell by him, but he makes this hellish cage feel like heaven, and I'm so intoxicated. I feel like that insect sucking the sweet nectar of a carnivorous plant. Only destruction awaits it.Pierce has shown me yet again what he is capable of; he doesn't even hide his demons from me; he gives me a glimpse and