ELYSIAHis eyes were pure midnight.There was no light, no mercy, just a darkened and burning gaze that pinned me to the spot like a butterfly under glass. My heart slammed against my ribs so hard I could hear it in my ears. Palms slick with sweat, throat dry and my every instinct was screaming run even though there was nowhere left to go.I had pushed him too far. I should not have done that. The dead maid on the carpet was proof of that. The shattered phone. The blood on his knuckles. The way he’d whispered “Let’s see how you escape me now” like a vow carved in stone.I gulped, taking one shaky step back. My eyes trembled and I could feel the lump forming in my throat. I was so lost in my own regret and guilt but snapped back into reality when I saw him moving. Adrian slid the blood-streaked shirt off his shoulders in one slow, deliberate motion. The fabric whispered to the floor, revealing the sculpted chest I’d once clawed in a nightclub haze and now wanted to hide from forever.
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