A shiver runs up my spine, and he tips my face up to his leaving a kiss on my cheek. I stood trembling slightly in front of Sirius, his eyes blazing with fury. The man I had once been so deeply in love with kissed my other cheek, as if he was giving me the mark of death. My breath caught in my thr
“I-I need to tell you something,” Fear flashes across Alston’s face, as he keeps his eyes firmly on my averted gaze. A huff leaves his lips and he pulls away from me. Silence falls heavily around us. I wring my hands, moving far to the other side of the couch. Alston clears his throat and looks at
I glanced at Mary’s avoid gaze as she absentmindedly rubs her forearms. Concerned by the bruises on her arm and torso, I pulled her into the corner of the room out of the ear shot of anyone else.. "Mary, what happened? Did the mafia do this to you?" Mary shook her head, a sad smile tugging at her
I hesitated, rubbing my arms as if a cold storm blew in. “Sure at one point I knew him like the back of my hand." Mary squints her eyes at me, a light smile on her face. “Oh, that’s a very intimate way to know a friend. What changed?” “I am now with Alston and it would not be appropriate for me
I stare at Sirius through the kitchen window, continuously rubbing my sweaty hands together. It turned out, Sirius’s idea of "something I should have done a long time ago" was dining in the main area of the restaurant. When he directed me to be his waitress my face dropped, and my palms began to s
My heart pounds as I stare at him, unsure if he’s joking or serious. I don’t dare open the box, instead I look around the restaurant at all the patrons laughing, and carefree, not realizing their death is being counted down. Ten seconds feel like an eternity. One second is all he needed to remind
My stomach winds, tightening into a fine knot, the tighter Sirius holds onto my hand. His fingers lace with mine, and I wince when he cracks one of my knuckles in his grip.“Sirius,” I whine. “You’re hurting me.”Sirius’s grip loosens slightly but his grip remains firm. Alston moves in closer to me,
“She needs to be taken care of,” Sirius bites back.I shake my head, rubbing into Alston’s bicep, lacing my fingers with his. “I don't need any of that," I say firmly, despite my voice trembling slightly. "I need someone who will walk beside me through life."Alston pulls me closer into him, his voi
I run before my mind can catch up, my legs carrying me through the dimly lit corridors. My breath is ragged, and my heart pounds in my chest like a drum. The echo of Sirius’s chilling threat rings in my ears, spurring me to move faster:I will cut your tongue out and make you swallow it back along w
I leave Alston’s cell, with him screaming and the rattle of his chains leaving me with a heavy heart, each step feeling like I'm walking through quicksand. The air feels colder, sharper, as if it knows the weight of what I've just done. I pause at the edge of the staircase, taking a deep breath to s
He thumb stops mid caress and I can feel his gaze running over me in confusion and judgement, “Obessed? Um…no.”I feel like I am freezing, like he just said the best and worst that I have ever heard. I take a deep breath, trying to gather my thoughts. “Alston, I’ve been thinking a lot about us, and
I stand at the stairs that lead to Alston’s prison cell, because Sirius said if I tell Alston the truth then he can be let free. I don’t know why but when he said that it felt like I could be set free, or caged because at this point I don’t know the difference.Sirius said he was obsessed with me. I
“Because it’s not that simple!” I cry, the tears streaming down my face. “I’m trying to do the right thing, but it’s tearing me apart. I don’t want to hurt anyone, but I don’t know how to fix this.”Sirius’s hands ball into fists at his sides, his anger barely contained. “You’re wrong; it’s simple,”
Sirius draws small circles along my spine, my head laying on his chest as his other hand lazily crawls up my inner thigh sinfully close to my center before drawing back down. His breath flutters over my face in soothing waves, and I move in closer, my curves matching the firm outline of his body per
Sirius responds immediately, his lips meeting mine with a hunger that ignites a fire within me. Without warning, Sirius closes the distance between us, his hands gripping my waist firmly as he lifts me onto the polished surface of the dining table.The cold marble against my back sends a shiver thro
Sirius looks at me with a blazing fire in his eyes, tension ever growing in the click of his jaw, but I do not waver in my gaze. I stand tall with my arms folded and my eyes narrowed in on his clicking jaw. “Elise, sit down.”“No,” I snap, my hip poking out to the side, but I suck my inner cheek bet
Eight years earlierSirius stood at the edge of the old park, the twilight sky casting long shadows across the cracked pavement.He kicked a pebble, watching it skip across the ground before glancing at his watch. Claudia had asked him to meet her here, and he couldn't shake the feeling of unease tha