Bringing The Ruin Of Synonym Novels & Stories

Mainly because he found out – I don't know how – and has been an asshole about it, using it to threaten me, subtly though. His arm tightens around my waist, pulling me impossibly closer, like he could shield me from the memory itself. “I’m here,” he says. “I’m not letting anything happen to you.” Something inside me cracks. “He ruined me,” I choke out. “I’m trying to move on, Alessio, I swear, but the second I saw his handwriting I… I couldn’t breathe. I felt like I was right back there, trapped, alone, and…he…he…”

“Let him live a diminished life. That is its own kind of sentence.” Aurelian pulled him gently away from the entrance as he spoke, keeping their movement natural, two people walking together with nowhere urgent to be. “That’s an interesting thought.” Aurelian said. “It became more than a thought the moment I saw him standing in that yard.” Darius’s voice dropped slightly, the lightness leaving it. “We don’t have to kill every single one of them. Killing takes time and carries risk. But ruin?” His eyes sharpened. “Ruin can be slower. More complete. We can take everything that makes a person who they are and leave the shell standing.” He paused.

It scares me more than every gunshot from last night combined. Because men like Wellington don’t fall gently. They drag everything down with them when they crash…

“Sonia, don’t listen. He’s just trying to drag you down with him.” But Adrian’s eyes burned into mine, frantic, rebellious. “Listen, Sonia. Hear me before I’m gone. Ethan” His voice cracked, his body shaking as blood poured from him. “Ethan will destroy you in the end. Just like he ruined everyone else he’s ever loved.” “Enough!” Naomi yelled, but her hands shook now. I froze, the words cutting deeper than the night air. “What do you mean?” I whispered, my heart clawing against my chest.

And there Ruin goes, making me forget about my problems, if only for a second. *** Sitting in the back seat of the SUV, the memories of the afternoon in the meadow bring a smile to my face. Ruin, with his rough exterior and gentle heart, had a way of making me forget the world, forget the anxieties that lay waiting back at home. The warmth of the sun, the gentle breeze, his laughter mixing with mine—it was a respite I didn’t know I needed.

How could I have looked at Mark and not thought about the beautiful, kind soul waiting for him at home? "I am a terrible person," I said, my head hanging low. "You made a terrible choice," Sarah corrected me. "But you are still a person. You are still suffering." "Why are you being so nice to me?" I asked. "I ruined your life." Sarah smiled a small, sad smile. "Because hurting you won't bring Mark back. And it won't make Liam love me more or love you less. It would just add more darkness to a world that is already too dark."

Vivienne The pain didn’t ease, dull or give me even a second to breathe, instead it kept spreading under my skin like something alive, hot and vicious, tearing through me from the inside out while my body tried and failed to keep up, and for a moment I understood exactly why silver was feared, why it was used the way it was, because this wasn’t just injury, it was destruction, slow and deliberate, meant to break you before you even realized you were losing. But I wasn’t done.

~ SYLARI ~ The ruins looked different in daylight. When Eron and I emerged from the shadows, the sun was high overhead, casting long beams through the broken walls and collapsed archways. The same decay I had seen during my meeting with Seraphine, but somehow less threatening with light pouring through the gaps. That didn't make me feel better. The vaelth preferred darkness, which meant meeting during the day was a concession on their part. They wanted me comfortable, wanted me to let my guard down.

Julian rushed to continue at the look of horror on Anna's face, “Nothing physical. He would never hurt a woman in that way. But still, he's a nightmare. Especially for you. No—because of you.” Anna’s head snapped back, Julian’s last words ringing in her ears. Because of her. He really did think she’d ruined his brother.