"Don't," she pleaded.
Her pale, sveltely body shook in the bitter New York wind as her eyes, a spectrum of different colors stared solemnly at the man before her. Letting her scraggly fingers gently grip the blue linen textile, she once again begged, "Don't leave me."
The violet-orange hues of the dawn skyline coated their entangled bodies, casting an angelic and chroma gleam onto them.
Rough, calloused hands weaved themselves into her wafer-thin locks while soft lips osculated the brunette crest.
"I won't," he whispered, enabling himself to take in her familiar herbal scent.
Lifting her chin, he stared into the kaleidoscope eyes he came to cherish. "Not now, not ever," he breathed, placing a chaste kiss onto her awaiting lips, "I'll be with you from dusk till' dawn."
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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