Triple Temptation
"Ash... he looked at me like I was already dead."
"He’s a fool," Silas hissed, his grip tightening. "He couldn't see the sun because he was too busy mourning the candle. You are more alive now than you ever were in that estate, Rhea. You are the storm. You are the eclipse. Let him stay in his little world of dirt and duty."
"But it hurts," Rhea confessed, a silver tear tracing a path down Silas’s chest. "It hurts to be the monster."
"Then let me hold the monster," Silas whispered, his lips grazing her forehead. "I've been one for a long time. I know how to make the dark feel like home."