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"What are you waiting for?" Dorian asked in a harsh whisper "Do it!"

Energy built like a volcano causing raine slunk its way around ainstthose damn boards

A loud shriekone at a ti to save the the first ripping the fading 2x4s as the other ran past hiile floor

"Help e snarled His friend made no move to save him, and then the wood disappeared and the man’s screams were sed up by the darkness of the deep hole The re to a hu icy cold shivers to penetrate toand out the door When he was gone, ed in relief, and exhaustion consuraine worked overti my forehead

"Come on" Dorian wrapped an ars moved but my brain was somewhere else I was on autopilot: an ey

It felt like hours, though I was sure it wasthe shihts overpowered e I raised hts were hell on uely aware that Dorian’s arainst hirace I stuh the crowded street The sounds of the nearby people talking and laughing beca in the back of ?" I s We were on a narrow road bordered on either side with businesses Above, wrought iron balconies hugged the buildings and were full of lush greenery

"Home," Dorian said "It’s just around the corner"

My vision blurred in and out of clarity, but I kept ht direction I rubbedthe scent The clicking of ainst metal sounded I lifted ray door rought iron detailing

"Here," Dorian said grabbing soone that he had takenan arm around my back, Dorian bent down and lifted ainst his body I stared up at hi outline of his jaw, the softness of his brown hair and the fullness of his lips I hadn’t realized how afraid I hen he left until he caone for a day, the fear that I would never see hi but he didn’t put h the ho hallhere we entered a bedroo fuzzier the longer I tried to focus on any one thing My li lian slipping my shoes off He drew the thick comforter up around my body and then turned to leave the roo further and further away as I drifted off to sleep

My eyes fluttered open, and I stared up at the high ceiling of an unfamiliar room I looked around Toward the left was a wall of tall, arched s The sky was dark which meant I had slept all day For all I knew I’d slept for hts fro it seee armoire rested on the adjacent wall, antiquated and beautiful, and a large circular e, but e of the bed, I braced ht about what had happened Dorian ca me I didn’t knohether I should be happy about Dorian’s return or afraid ofme A mixture of emotions consuood ones

Standing up, I huggedhallway of gray stretched in either direction There were two doors ht To the left there were two ot closer to the entrance soft nized the hauntingly beautiful piano ht Sonata It had been one ofaround the corner, I saw Dorian’s large fra on a black, leather sofa He was leaned forward, elbows resting on his knees as his head rested in his hands His chocolate hair forlass sat on the thick wooden coffee table in front of hi?" Dorian’s sh he hadn’t spoken very loudly My heart jolted that he kneatching him, but hethe space between us while I looked around the roo shades of gray The living rooht iron sconces clung to the wall every six feet casting a warainst the cherry hardwood floors A kitchen sat toward the back of the room and was lass doors A granite island separated the two rooht my apartment was shit," I joked Five of my tiny apartments would have fit in this place