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Last published Fri, Apr 3, 2020
The subtle crackling from the nearby fire was enough to keep her emerald eyes from shutting. It was odd being so far yet so close to the palace. A structure of such beauty and such power that the common folk of the town knew it existed only because they saw its beauty in the horizon.
The woods were a place of haven and nightmare to the female. Torment and horror went hand in hand with comfort and serenity and it was enough to cause the female to cringe in thought of the hellish things that happened in the sovereign woods.
"Would I have ever really met you had I not wandered as far as I did?"
The question was rhetorical, but the male didnt hesitate to answer.
"No, I dont think we ever would have."
It was honest. Of course they wouldnt have met. Clara was the town's favorite lil thing. She would have gone off with the town's favorite prince charming and she'd married and been a house wife. At least that was the alternate outcome she had dreamt up in her head.
"Kind of stupid to think about now." Cristobal's words slightly harsh and demanding.
"You're stupid to think about." She retorted spitting into the fire. "take that."
The symbolism, a stupid way at making a joke.
"Ridiculous."
The mutter, barely audible from the male. A rustle from the shrubs followed. Usually Clara didnt mind, but being somewhere strange, who knows, maybe it was a snake that could walk and was coming for them. From the gods. As the sound grew nearer her first reaction was to simply stand slightly away from the direction and at an angle where Cris stood between her and the sound.
"It's a fucking rabbit, for fucks sake."
Clara hadn't noticed that she had closed her eyes shut and was holding her arms out as if to protect herself.
"Oh..." Her voice drifting. "Well, uhm-"
smack.
It took her a moment to take into account that Cristobal had smacked the back of her head. It wasn't until she saw the stupid little grin on his face that she lunged for him.
"YOU LITTLE SHIT!"
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"Now that you're mine, that boundary shit goes away for me. If you have a problem, it's my problem. Someone's treatin' you like shit, then they can answer to me. I'm not waiting around and watching you get walked on because I feel like it isn't my place, it is my place now," he finished, and I couldn't help the sad smile that formed on my face. "You don't have to do that though...you don't need to put that kind of burden on your shoulders," I mumbled, the idea of someone taking care of me like that one that I still wasn't accustomed to. He reached forward to grab my chin, the same way he always seemed to when he was telling me something important. I felt my breath hitch as he bent down to look me square in the eyes. "Punishing someone who decides they want to fuck with you isn't an obligation. I can promise you, I'll enjoy every second of it," he assured, though the sentiment wasn't exactly reassuring. ***** Sammy had wanted to leave behind her small town in Kentucky for a place where nobody would know her or her tragic past. But moving to Montana a few years ago has offered her nothing near the calm life with a clean plate that she had desired. Instead, a new group of friends whom she loves as if they were family. But also, Tyson Crawford. The boy she fell for sophomore year of college...now the dangerous man she can't get away from. As the dark secrets of her life become harder and harder to hide from her friends, dark secrets of their own begin to emerge. And now that Greyson Shawnel is coming back to town - a man she's only ever heard of in her friends' stories - Sammy's entire world is catching on fire. Because Greyson can see through the cracks of her lies, and he doesn't intend to let it go on any longer. Even if there's a larger danger looming on the horizon, one that threatens them all...
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