"You know me. I'll kill anybody, but I'll only sleep with someone I love." ―Tiffany Valentine

Revenge ... Revenge is a dish that lingers on the palate , forever leaving its imprint.

"𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭" 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒.

In a world where trust is a luxury and loyalty is deadly, can they control the fire... or will it burn them both?

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

- 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

"𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞." "𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭."

"You can't see the future. I might have a chance. You don't know for sure." He mumbled, making her expression soften. "M-my mom used to tell me t-that birds still sing even after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free t-to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" Samir stopped talking for a moment to regather himself so that he didn't stutter, but Nina froze completely. "You don't have to settle with him Nina. It's been five years an-and you're not a-as happy as you should be. You smile differently with me.. and you cry a lot with him. I just think that you deserve to enjoy your time with someone other than h-him for a minute because there's still sunlight out there for you too, even if you can't see it yet." How did he become her source of 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 so 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲? A short story.