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"I’ psycho who can’t take no for an answer and stoleto do with it"

My te The way you look at the wealth around us screa you need a sizeable suer in her eyes She didn’t see deeper…so…

The answer appeared from nowhere--like it always did when I let myself delve deep

"You need it for so you’d do alet it" I delivered it like a threat, a curse "All I’ive you what you need Na want"

My lifeless heart stuttered as her fight faded and her green eyes shiant prick" The spark and intense awareness between us shifted frorief-ridden "You don’t know a thing about me You don’t deserve any part ofthere like an idiot, I offered no condolences as she sniffed and gritted her teeth No tears fell, but the glossy look never fully disappeared "You truly are a bastard For your infor and don’t ht of what it would be like to kiss you You could’ve had entle date But you ruined it, and now you’ve used my one weakness and made me feel like shit" Her shoulders fell, and I knew I’d won

I’d won, but I didn’t feel victorious I felt like fucking scu able to read what people tried to keep hidden meant I could intiive a rats-ass about hurting anyone, but this wo, I o" Give me one piece of you I placedthe illusion of freedo her fists "What sort ofabout , lyrical but brave Soht in her--the saames You were honest with me, so I’ll be honest with you I’ve lived a lonely life--not through my own choice--and for the first ti inyou And I love your fierceness" I waited for her to look up--to make eye contact--but she never did

"If I tell you about rowl AfterI was drawn to her, all she wanted to do was leave Fine I crossed my ar with tension The ache indifferent I needed pain I needed a fight Only pain could eliivesuch intense e they’d never leave

I felt alive And annoyed and horny and frustrated

The fight with Everest had done nothing His fists hadn’t hurt; he’d been too easy to defeat Arrogant bastard hadn’t lived up to his boasting and now I’d have to find another way to self-medicate with pain

I didn’t think Zel would answer, but finally she said, "It was my foster-sister They were my ninth foster fairl For the first day, I was a novelty, same as always, same as before, but then by the third or fourth day, I was the toy that got pulled apart Her and her brother coaxedaround

"I relateda feline friend round and duct-tapedthe piecefrom her ear "They used their father’s tin-snips to cutas I would never be a real girl Afterward, they left me to bleed until their father arrived ho me to the hospital, he attempted to sew it up himself If child services had found out his own children hurt me, he would’ve been taken off the list for carers and denied the weekly paycheque

"Thing was, he did such a bad job, I ended up looking like I’d been hter "That night, I ran It was the first ti, but it was the best thing that happened to , that is"

I hadn’t noticed e to find pain e to take retribution on those bastard’s children I had no qual minors "How old were you?"

"Thirteen"

My respect for her increased Not only was she a strong wo child, too A bit likedirection

I wanted to ask about her other flaws I needed to know every secret but I wanted to savour the the truth fro

"Thank you for telling reen was darker, o?"

I sriues me this much Who makes my cock ache this hard I don’t even know you, yet you invoke , I encroached on her space, pushing her back "I won’t let you go until I’ve had you, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it"

She looked atfor her soul

My sto I’d been the one being used It would be nice to use soe To use her body, herinside reen eed Do you honestly think I want you after that? Whatever attraction I felt has floay thanks to your caveo"

I ghosted forward, heart racing with the thought of taking her against her will You can’t do that You knohat it feels like too clearly