Bringing The Ruin Of Synonym の小説・ストーリー

“All that history, just waiting to be forgotten.” “Or waiting for someone with the vision to restore it,” Kaelan said from beside her. He wasn’t looking at the photo; he was looking at her. “To see the strength in the bones, not just the decay on the surface. It wouldn’t be easy. It would require someone ruthless. Someone willing to tear out the rot to save the structure.” His metaphor hung between them, heavy and undeniable. He was talking about her. About them. “Sometimes,” she said, forcing her eyes back to the crumbling house, “the rot is too deep. Sometimes it’s kinder to let it fall.”

“Fine.” As I watched them carry my things out of the house, I felt despair. Bank loans are so much better, only they require a waiting time period and it’s a long process. My living room looked desolate. The things that would have provided a good disruption were gone, leaving me in more misery than before.

“Of course, I don’t know the details, but… as they say, there’s no smoke without fire.” The manipulation had worked. Alex had become increasingly paranoid, noticing every little thing about Iris with suspicion. When he finally confronted her, his anger boiled over. His father’s words about betrayal, distrust, and hidden motives clouded his judgment, making him accuse Iris without giving her a chance to explain.

“You better be careful not to ruin the lives of men that have dedicated the entirety of their being to you just because you hold a grudge against your parents and yourself. That self loathe and self destructiveness shouldn’t be the reason you make mistakes that couldn’t ever be reversed.” Alex had exhaled a shaky breath, his locked jaw grinding irritatedly. He spun around on his heels and began making his way out, his words hanging heavy in the air. He wasn’t completely wrong though. I was self destructive, and I was willingly going to destroy myself. And I hadn’t cared who got taken down in the process.

Would that really be so bad? Yes, Briar. I hiss inwardly. Think with your head instead of your pussy. No. I couldn’t go back and risk running into him again. I was certain that nothing good could come from having a relationship with a man like that. If I so much as let myself get closer to him and his world, I knew that he would lead me to ruin.

"I can offer you silence. Solitude, but without the loneliness. You would never have to see me, never have to speak. But you would never be truly alone. I would be a ghost at the edge of your pain, ensuring nothing could touch it." Finally, Lucian met her gaze. He hadn't moved, but the full weight of his ancient power was focused on her, not as a threat, but as a promise. "And I," he said, his deep voice resonating with the solemnity of a king, "offer you my strength. You could anchor yourself to me, Kara. Use my power as a shield to weather the storm inside you. You would be under the absolute, unwavering protection of the Alpha of this territory. I would not let you break."

“Fall apart for me. Break for me.” Another wave crashed over me, harder than the last, leaving me trembling and incoherent. My chest heaved, my throat raw, and still he didn’t stop. Damon’s relentless pace bordered on cruel, each thrust claiming me deeper, harder, until I was nothing but his to use, his to destroy. “You begged me to ruin you,” he whispered darkly, his lips brushing my ear. “And now you’re ruined, Aria. Completely mine.” His grip on my hips tightened to the point of pain, dragging me back onto him as though he wanted me carved into his body forever.

And now Dahlia saw us in such a compromising position and to make it worst my mouth won’t shut itself down, and made thing worst instead. The shame is a living thing, crawling under my ribs, pressing against my lungs. I can still see her face shattered, betrayed, poisoned. Her scream still rings in my ears. Alex’s words come back to me, cold and unshakable: “Then let it ruin us.” Ruined together. What the hell does that even mean? Does he want me to fall with him? To burn with him? Or… did he mean he wouldn’t let me go, even if it meant we both lost everything?