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Author: Uriel Kings
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Her eyes spark in a myriad of blue, gray, and green. Bright fucking green that I thought wouldn’t make an appearance again after King’s accident.

I hate the way she looks at me. I fucking loathe it.

Because it’s not just a gaze, it’s not mere eye contact. It’s words and phrases I don’t want to decipher.

I let her go and she staggers a little, as if she’s been floating on air and her feet are finally touching the ground. It’s where she’s supposed to always be—on the ground—not in the clouds she sometimes ascends to.

But even though I’m not touching her anymore, she’s still touching a part of me. My jacket is held snugly to her chest as if it’s some sort of armor—one she won’t let go of.

And I need to stop thinking about what that jacket is touching, because that’s just fucked up.

“It’s not that I want to marry you.”

A swallow, a clink of nails, a slight jump in her shoulders. I’ve always hated how expressive she is but that she can still hide more than she shows.

“Then why did you say
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