All the Ornaments I'll use to Spill Your Blood

"Did you think about this a lot?"

"I thought about it all the time."

He savoured the taste of Kayel's kiss; sweet with a bitter almond after-taste. Each touch sank into him like chamomile lye. Riven, against his better judgement was enthralled by Kayel's kind gestures of cruelty. As they explore what a relationship could mean for two souls so broken, they found themselves embroiled in a larger conspiracy that would destroy them both. They find that pretending to despise each other only draws them closer, until all they have is each other.