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He had her pinned without a single touch, caging her between his body and the cold metal of the lockers.
"You really think you scare me?" she murmured, low and razor-edged, each word a deliberate dare.
Theo didn't answer right away. His gaze locked on hers, slow and deliberate, raking over her face like he was memorising the shape of her defiance. That look promised pain... and something darker, something Elora hated herself for recognising. The air between them was thick enough to choke on, laced with danger and an electric pull she refused to acknowledge.
When he finally spoke, his voice was a quiet snarl, velvet and venom.
"I'm just so fucking tired of you and that smart little mouth."
Elora didn't blink. Didn't give him the satisfaction. Instead, her lips curled into a slow, mocking smirk, the kind that always got her into trouble.
"Yeah? Keep talking and I'll break your fingers."
Theo moved in before she could breathe, erasing the final inch of space like it had never existed.
His long fingers grazed her jaw, slow enough to make it feel like a warning. Veins flexed under his skin as his grip closed, firm but not cruel, angling her face up until there was nowhere to look but at him.
His shadow bled over hers, his chest brushing hers, the faint scent of him threading through her breath. Then came the drag of heat - his breath, steady and unhurried - grazing her cheek like he had all the time in the world to ruin her.
His mouth curved into a smile that didn't reach his eyes, all sharp blades and quiet cruelty.
"Promise?"
Sloan, the introverted girl, falls into a whirlwind of a relationship with one of the most wanted drug dealers in Philadelphia, leaving herself with no other option than to confront the chaos that exists within his lifestyle.
Casen didn't want a girlfriend, because that meant she would get obliviously wrapped up in his mess. Though that was until Sloan dropped into his lap, and they both willingly went down the endless dark hole together, hand in hand without looking back.