The Destroyer Fell In Love With Me Novels & Stories

There was no more time left. The river had already begun pulling the collapsing ship downward beneath us while violent currents slammed against the sides hard enough to drag debris across the deck. Damian’s hand slid from my wrist toward my face briefly. Gentle. Careful. Like he was terrified of hurting me even now. Then he whispered something so quietly the storm almost stole it completely. “I love you enough to drown for you.” The words shattered through me. Before I could answer him The deck collapsed beneath our feet.

Douglass worriedly murmured as he bent down to kiss Mitch's ankle. Watching him, Mitch felt a burning sensation in his solar plexus. Douglass Brady and Mitch Forbes were now the same as always, yet not the same. This used to be our daily life. So peaceful and loving. Douglass Brady, you ruined everything.

"How did you know?" He remembered that night vividly. She had been angry at him. He had botched a mission and still ran through the pouring rain across Wendover just to buy her favorite cupcake. That night, she had looked at him and said, "It's not that I'm easy to please. It's just… I still love you. But if the day comes when I stop loving you, even putting a gun to your head won't make a difference." Leo pulled out the cupcake from the insulated bag, and she took it without a word.

“You still should have told me because no matter what, the pains I had to endure and all those times I spent crying, carrying a huge weight in my chest as I spent every year trying to hate you with everything in me.” “Our love is too great to turn to hate no matter how long we spend apart. It’s true and sincere love and nothing can ever destroy that.” He whispered to me with his face inches from mine, with his very breath against my face. “Is that assertion true? You almost lost me just now. I was ready to go with Tristan no matter what, as long as it kept me from seeing your face which always reminded me of my love being rejected.” I poked him in the chest pushing him away from me.

And yet, this was his reaction. I fell in love with someone who doesn’t see me as anything but a tool. Someone who holds my own life in his hands. Someone who captured me, broke me, and now hurts me. And yet, I can’t stop. I fell. And it’s going to destroy me.

And for the first time, I realised that loving him might destroy me. Just as I thought that this was over, but the Chris Stanley that he was, he pulled me to his body. No! Not again!

"If that's what you want." "It's what's left," I said. He turned to leave. I shut the door before I could change my mind. And then I fell apart. I sank to the floor, hands pressed to my face, tears spilling faster than I could stop them. Because despite everything, part of me still loved him. And now, that part felt like it had finally died. Damian's POV I didn't remember the drive back. Just flashes. Streetlights slicing through the rain, the steering wheel slick beneath my palms, and my reflection staring back at me from the windshield - hollow eyes, red from no sleep.

Mine. And that was when the truth hit me like a truck. I’d fought not falling in love with her because I knew there was no coming back. Not really. I’d seen what power did to people. I’d seen it destroy my mother. Destroy my father. Destroy families. I’d told myself love was weakness. That it would make me soft. That it would get her killed.

My feet stood on the cold mats and with her suddenly gone, the air felt… stagnant. I looked at the phone on the bench and the screen lit up again with another message. “He’s not your protector, Lena. He’s your leash.” I picked up the phone and crushed it in my hand. The glass shattered like it was nothing but it wasn't. Everything was falling apart, everything was burning and here I was, falling in love with the one girl I swore to destroy. I walked to the door and looked out into the hallway. She was gone. I closed my eyes.

"Not like this." But I was already walking out. The door closed behind me with a soft click that sounded like an ending. I made it to my assigned quartersthe room I hadn't slept in since before the tripbefore I collapsed. The crooked braid fell apart as I sank to the floor, his careful work unraveling just like everything else. And for the first time since waking up in his arms, I let myself feel the full weight of what I was doing. I'm falling in love with him, I realized. And it's going to destroy me.