Of Crows and Asphodel

Persephone's whole life revolved around obeying her father's wishes. She had everything planned out by her father, who was going to marry her off to the leader of any gang he deemed suitable for an alliance. The thought of escaping her life of crime never entered her mind until she came across Cain Anderson, the Alpha of the Asphodel Pack, chained up in the cell room of her father's gang, The Crows.

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His eyelids flutter and he licks his cracked lips, a movement my eyes linger on. He looks around and for a second, confusion flashes across his face before he plasters on a mask of indifference. His muscles flex to no avail as he fights against his restraints. A hissing sound fills the air and the stench of burning flesh encases the room, a smell I wish I was unfamiliar with.

And my heart clenches as his dark gaze meets mine.

His eyes are blue. A cold, despairing blue I can't look away from. And I wonder if he knows that he is beautiful.