Fatal Fascinations

The greatest tragedies always happen in libraries.

For me, the best and worst things to ever happen to me, occurred in a library. And no, I'm not talking about books, though books have broken my heart almost as badly.

I'm talking about a boy.

It always starts with a boy. And as usual, this was no ordinary boy.

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"Listen closely," he purred, "you did not save me. I could've handled them on my own. But instead, you decided to play hero and get yourself involved. So here, I see two choices now. I could let you go and you could forget all about tonight or-"

Luca leaned closer to whisper in my ear. One of his fingers resting at my hip flicked gently inside the waistband of my jeans.

"-I could go through with my original plan and take you right here against this tree. Sure, I'd give you the greatest pleasure of your life, but I'd have to kill you afterwards."