Falling for a Ruined Soul

Prologue

He was so pretty.

From the moment I first laid eyes on him, I was totally drawn in. His hair, like tangible threads of an orange sunrise, was swept back off his forehead, putting the rest of his face on display. His eyes were wide and dark, guarded yet so full of raw emotion as they stared into mine. His cheeks, so rounded and so soft looking, like they were pillows I could grasp and squish, were pale with the barest hint of pink beneath the surface. His jaw looked strong and sharp, tantalising in its chiselled glory.

And his lips... so full and plump, coloured a rosy pink – I would be completely jealous of those lips if I wasn't so focused on how beautiful he was. They were pressed firmly together right now, a testament to his uncertainty with my presence.

So fixated on his face, I took no notice of the rest of him until he shifted, no doubt uncomfortable with my stare. I let my eyes drift down, taking in the delicate clavicle that peaked out of his shirt collar, his sturdy shoulders and muscular arms. My eyes dipped to narrow hips and thighs clad in pants as tight as sin.

Lastly, I took in the large wings upon his back, pale as untarnished snow, feathers neat and clean, so unlike my own messy plumage. The appendages twitched and shivered, the quills puffing up slightly, revealing more of the nervous energy the boy was trying to hide.

Returning my gaze to his face, I watched as he watched me, blinking up at me with those black orbs. I wondered what he was thinking. His head tilted then as he took a half step forward, his lips parting, his tongue poking out to moisten the supple flesh, evoking a deep desire in me.

It was at that moment – with his eyes filled with fear and wariness, and an edge of curiosity – that I knew I had to make him mine...

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𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 (𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞)! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥/𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞! 𝐗𝐃

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆!!! 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐎𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮! :𝐏

𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭! 𝐁𝐲𝐞 𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰!!! 𝐗𝐃