Project Heartbreak
J. Starlingyour gaze hits the side of my faceyour eyes staring back at mescared of my own image lyricsi offered you friendship and you spat in my face
The risk, the annoyance, the sheer absurdity of my demand.
“Fine,” he bit out, the word sharp and final. “But you follow my lead. You do exactly what I say. And you never, ever mention this... arrangement... to anyone. Understood?”
I could only nod, my heart hammering a frantic, terrified rhythm against my ribs. I had done it. I had made a deal with the devil.
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