Juliette
He warned me we were doomed from the start, and I should have listened. But some fires burn too hot to resist.
Now, I'm trapped in a vicious cycle of desire, tangled up in Areston's dangerous world. Every kiss, every touch pulls me deeper...
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🥹it's a long-ass chapter, so bear with me. I was super emotional while writing it as it brought up a trauma and a similar incident from my own past.
Here's to all who have survived a toxic relationship and come out strong, those who wear their hearts on sleeves every day, and those who have their HEA. Each of you deserves to be immensely loved and celebrated.
With this update, I'm celebrating you. 💖💞
song for the chapter.
I will always be yours
'Cause we survived the Great War
Uh-huh
I vow I will always be yours
The Great War - Taylor
*****
The air shifts, sending all my nerves into a frenzy the moment his cerulean stare, bewitching and resolute, meets mine.
I feel like everything around me diminishes except for the tangible pull that has always existed between us—a pull that is our salvation and annihilation.
Nine days.
Nine long and excruciating days.
Nine torturous days since his signature scent has ignited a violent heat coursing through my body and made my heart dance.
I feel breathless all of a sudden.
He's looking like a temptation—the one that makes you think of raw, toe-curling, and sheet-clenching kind of sex. Of an unquenchable thirst.
Unlike me, whose shoulders feel like they've been carrying the burden of the entire world, there's absolutely zero sign of lassitude as he stands with his shoulders squared in a posture of quiet intimidation, his hands resting nonchalantly in the pockets of his black suit pants. There's a sense of invincibility in his confident physique and a palpable aura of unspoken restraint and danger. The animal magnetism radiating off him penetrates deep into mine, sending shocking shivers slithering down my spine. It's awakening both an intense desire for him and immense fear of him in me.
