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Liftingdark locks falling over h the silky strands

"Axel, You don’t kno to do what?"

S the lavender shaet people to trust ive me a second chance How do you exist in this world without having to fight? Without pain?"

Aliyana’s eyeson top of s in between mine "You’ve never kno to be pain free, have you? Have you ever been happy?"

Hating the syut "Don’t," I hissed

But she kept going "You were brought up fighting your whole life, joined a gang because that’s what kids did where you ca for your sickot locked up"

"Axel… You’ve never known true happiness…" A tear fell from Aliyana’s eyes I dried it with the pad offor me I couldn’t believe those tears were for me Ain’t no one but my mamma ever cried for me before But mamma cried for the state of my soul, for the parents of the men I’d killed… but not Aliyana, she cried for the fucked up man that never knew happiness

Unable to see Aliyana breaking, and for once, speaking without guard, I hushed out, "Sono felice insieme a te"

Aliyana stilled and her brown eyes htly open in shock " Axel… did you…?"

I shrugged and Aliyana pressed her hand overheart A s it race and she asked, "You’re… you’re happy witha pent up breath, I confessed, "Si"

"Axel," she cried and her eye lashes fluttered fast as she fought back tears Lifting her body higher, her finger ran over my lips, and she said, "Bésame" Before I even knehat she’d said, she crushed herAliyana to ers up her spine, loving the feeling of her shivering at my touch There should be a sculpture created for her She was perfect

As Aliyana slid her lips fro each other and her hands ran over the nape of ers tracingat what I knew she was gonna ask "How did you get this scar?"