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34 - Live while you're young.

Author: Queensly Novels
last update publish date: 2026-03-07 11:26:15
Ariana

It was only 10:00PM when we arrived and people were already passed out on the lawn, surrounded by discarded red cups and creepy decorations. It looked really legit with spider webs and everything. Damn. Mark took Halloween fucking personal.

One guy, clearly higher than the Eiffel Tower, was humping a skeleton. I could hear the music that was blaring inside and through the open windows could see the ginormous mass of bodies we'd be joining.

Fuck. I could already tell this was going to b
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  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   139 - Fuck, I'll try.

    Ariana POVThe darkness did not feel normal.It wasn’t just the lights going out. It felt deeper than that, like something had swallowed the entire room at once. For a second, I could not see anything at all, not even the shape of my own hand. My heart started racing instantly, faster than before, because this silence felt different from every other pause we had faced."Nick?" I said quickly."I’m here," he answered immediately.His voice cut through the dark, steady and close, and I felt a small wave of relief. A second later, his hand found mine again, warm and firm, like he wasn’t going to let go no matter what happened next."What just happened?" Mark’s voice came from somewhere ahead."No idea," Laura replied, her tone tighter than before. "But this is not a normal shutdown."The device in my hand was no longer glowing. That scared me more than anything else. Just seconds ago, it had been alive, pulsing, responding to everything. Now it felt completely still, like it had gone sil

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   138 - Don't pull away.

    Ariana POVSean moved so fast that for a second, my mind did not catch up with what my eyes were seeing. One moment he was standing across from me, watching, calculating, waiting. The next moment, he was already closing the distance between us, his hand reaching straight for the device."Sean!" Nick snapped, his voice sharp and immediate.Everything inside me reacted at once. My body moved before I even thought about it, my hand tightening around the device as I pulled it slightly closer to myself. My heart started pounding harder, faster, like it was trying to keep up with everything happening at once."Don’t touch it," I said.Sean stopped. But only because I said it. That realization hit me instantly. It wasn’t Nick blocking him or Mark stepping in. It was my voice that made him pause. His eyes locked on mine, and for the first time, I saw something different there. Not just focus. Not just control. Something closer to urgency. "You don’t understand what you’re holding," he said."

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   137 - Stay close.

    Ariana POVThe voice was soft, but it cut through the silence like nothing else could. It wasn’t just familiar. It was unmistakable. My entire body went still as the sound echoed again, clearer this time, like it was coming from somewhere both near and far at once."Ariana...can you hear me?"My breath caught in my throat. I didn’t move. I didn’t speak. For a second, I couldn’t even think properly."That’s…" I started, but the words didn’t come out fully.Nick’s hand tightened slightly around mine. "You know that voice," he said quietly.I nodded slowly, my chest rising and falling too fast. "It’s him," I whispered.The device in my hand vibrated again, softer this time, like it was waiting for a response. The light beneath my fingers pulsed gently, steady and controlled, completely different from the chaotic energy before."Ariana," the voice said again. "If you’re hearing this, then you made it further than I expected."My eyes burned slightly as I stared at the device. I didn’t rea

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   136 - Say it again.

    Ariana POVThe moment the case opened, the air around me felt like it changed. It was not loud or dramatic, but something shifted in a way that made my chest tighten instantly. My eyes locked on what was inside, and for a second, I could not even breathe properly.It was not what I expected.Inside the case was a small device, simple in design, but placed so carefully that it felt like it carried more meaning than anything else in the room. It was smooth, almost too perfect, like it had been protected for a long time."What is that?" Nick asked quietly beside me."I don’t know," I replied, my voice barely steady.But even as I said it, something inside me told me that was not fully true. Sean stepped closer, his attention sharp now. "That’s it," he said. "That’s what everything connects to."Mark moved in slightly, careful not to get too close. "It doesn’t look like much," he said."It’s not supposed to," Sean replied. "The power isn’t in how it looks."That answer made my chest tight

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   135 - Stay with me.

    Ariana POVThe moment the structure split open, the light inside it dimmed instead of growing brighter. That was the first thing that felt wrong. I expected something louder, something bigger, but instead everything went quiet in a way that made my chest tighten even more.No one moved at first.We all just stood there, staring at the opening like it might close again if we got too close. My hand slowly dropped to my side, but I could still feel the echo of the contact, like the structure had left something behind in me."What did you just do?" Mark asked.His voice was calm, but there was tension under it. "I don’t know," I replied honestly. "It just… responded."Sean stepped closer, his eyes fixed on what had opened. "You didn’t just trigger it this time," he said. "You completed a stage."That word made my stomach turn. Stage. Like this was only part of something bigger. Nick moved closer to me again, his presence grounding in a way I didn’t realize I needed until that moment. "Are

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   134 - Choose me.

    Ariana POVThe message stayed on my screen, and for a moment, everything else faded into the background. The noise in the room, the rising tension, the movement around me all blurred into something distant. The words were clear, simple, and heavy in a way I could not ignore."You’re the only one who can stop it now."My chest tightened as I slowly lifted my head. The structure pulsed again, brighter than before, and the patterns across its surface locked into place for a second before shifting again. It was no longer just reacting. It was building toward something final."I don’t even know how to stop it," I said.Sean’s voice came quickly. "You don’t stop it by stepping away," he said. "You stop it by taking control."The man near the entrance shook his head. "That’s not what she needs to do," he said. "She needs to complete it.""Of course you’d say that," Nick replied sharply.The tension snapped tighter again, but this time it felt like it was running out of space. Everyone was cl

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   47 - So where does that leave us?

    The words hung in the air, surprising me as much as him. There were bigger issues to address, but that question tumbled out first. And suddenly, I needed to hear his answer.He fell silent, thoughtful, as though weighing the question before answering. "Once," he said after a pause. "In my sophomore

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-04-05

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   19 - Oh, you've got to be kidding me!

    Sofia and I decided to have a sleepover at her house since we haven't had one of those in a while and it was also the only way of getting Nick out of my head. We decided to watch a marathon of sisters because it's the only show we could agree on watching. Sofia popped down next to me on her comf

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-22

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   14 - Foreplay in the passenger seat.

    Nick* * * *I loved this part. I loved meeting the fans, loved the selfies and jokes and words of praises. I loved the look in all of their eyes as they looked at me, it told me that I wasn't just a player, I was part of their lives. And I lived for it.The team and I walked into the crowd a

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-20

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   13 - Toxic little cycle.

    "She's gay." He blurted out.I narrowed my eyes. "Gay?""Yes, she's involved with some girl, okay! We're just pretending to be a thing because her parents doesn't approve her sexual choices, and I need her father's influence in growing my career."I swallowed. "But that only complicates this... wha

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-19
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