AMELIA POV
"Run away with me."
A pause.
A choked breath.
A whisper.
"What?"
"Run away with me," he repeats.
I shake my head, dislodging the first few tears that track down my cheeks, "I can't do that."
You can! You will! Whatever this is," he gestures between our bodies then holds my cheek, wiping away a trail of tears, "I don't want it to end. Whatever is stopping you, we can fix along the way. Because I'm not ready for us to end. You make me feel alive. You make me feel seen. You are all I think about! All I WANT to think about! You are everything!"
His forehead comes forward to rest upon mine, our breaths mingling.
I feel a breaking of a flood wall as my tears now freely leak down my cheeks, onto my lips.
"I'm scared Jayce. My life... it's not so easily escaped. And I want to run away with you! I want to. But I can't let you get hurt for me. I can't let them hurt you."
I didn't know who particularly I was referring to. My enemies, Eugene or my own demons. But Jayce seemed to know. And he didn't seem to care.
"We will fight it together! You, maybe a tad more just cause of your badass combat skills," I choke out a laugh and he smiles gently, "but I'll be there every step of the way. Please Sunshine."
I rip myself from his grasp and, numb to the scorching pain of my calf, pull myself to standing and pace to the opposite side of the room. Leaning against the wall for support.
"Jayce! We don't even know what we're doing!"
He grips his hair between his fingers and tugs, "I don't care! I know, without a cloud of a doubt that whatever this may be, it's real."
He walks toward me, not allowing an inch of air between our bodies as we huff and puff from the craziness of it all. He takes my hand and places it over his rapidly beating heart. I feel it thump beneath my fingertips in time with my own.
"We are real. Tell me you feel it too."
I whisper, unable to voice the feelings louder than a breath of air, "I don't even know what I'm feeling. I just... whenever I'm around you I get all... jumpy?" I clutches my stomach, feeling it now, "my stomach feels like its tied in knots, and I swear I can feel it... fluttering... I just-" I stops when I see the look on his face.
A mega-whopping grin takes up real estate across his cheeks. Slowly, so slowly, he brings up his thumbs, wiping the tears from my eyes and says so slowly, so elated, "those are butterflies, Sunshine. Butterflies. They mean you like me. They mean you can feel what is between us like an electric pull. They mean we belong together."
I look into his eyes, our faces oh so close once again. I bring my hands up and tangle them in his soft locks of hair, feeling the strands curl between my fingers.
He seems to read the unspoken words in my eyes and shifts impossibly closer, murmuring, "just say yes."
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...
...
"Yes."
And with that single word, the bond between us snaps into place like an electric pulse.
His lips slam against my own in a blinding, fiery passion.
Our mouths move against each other with such fervour it has my toes curling and my arms reaching to grip him closer.
Our lips move across each other's, his tongue pushing for entry that I immediately allow. As his tongue sweeps against mine, I desperately grip at his neck, pulling him closer like he was the last cool glass of water for my dehydrated soul.
In a way, he is.
The kiss moves from a gentle wave to a rocking tsunami as it picks up pace. His hands grip my waist and roll our hips together as lightning sparks from my head to the tips of my toes.
He groans into the kiss as I nibble on his bottom lip and lick away the burn.
His hand reaches and grabs one of my own, simply to hold it and with another swipe of his lips against mine, I feel our fates seal.
As his hand squeezes mine, he manages to paint my world into blinding colours, the greys receding as my shadows float away.
At least, for now.
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There you have it folks
Her Shadows is finally completed.
Thank you so much for coming on this journey with Amelia, Jayce and I.
What did you guys think?
And before you get a bit touchy about the lack of the usual romance story arc we're so accustomed to on Wattpad; the sequel coming soon is a complete focus on the formation of that beautiful bond between Amelia and Jayce.
It focuses on the consequences of leaving such a dark life behind and the shadows that still follow at their heels.
I hope to see you there on that journey with me!
Happy reading everyboday!
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Her Shadows
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