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The door closes quietly behind me The man I love doesn't turn around to see who's entered his rooe tree outside

I wasn't expecting the rooe TV in the corner on a dresser, desk beneath the ith a chair pushed under it Letters litter the top of it Mythem, I can tell I bet there's one forabout it

He's dressed as he always is Jeans, wife beater under his cut His close shaved head is turned away frohe took like a man to show respect to my cousin Not once did he retaliate and hit back, he just took it all and it broke me to witness it

Draven forced two of his men to hold me there so I could see it all, what happens when I sleep with men like Ghost It didn't matter to Draven how much I loved Ghost, he simply told me that would fade

It will never fade This isn't some kind of puppy love That man beside the , the tall bear of a ether in life or death

“Danny?” I say his name softly, his head shoots to my direction He looks both relieved and confused to see me

“Baby, what are you doing here?”

“I needed to see you Haoodbye I want to be brave Oh, do I want to be brave right noant to show him that I'll be okay, but I never will be “Danny,” I reach out rabsarms

Is this really going to be the last time I feel his arms around me?

“You shouldn't be here, baby girl”

“I know, but I had to see you” I tighten rip on him as he presses a kiss to my head so hard, yet so tender that I feel it in ainst mine I kiss him back with so much passion I need him to feel it, to know that I love hio

We o in a bar in town I shouldn't have been in Bardsville, I only live ten minutes away in Mooreston My cousin wouldn't have liked it Bardsville is a biker town But I was out with soirlfriends and we intended to have fun

Ghost walked up toHis short dark hair, big brown eyes, that smile that melted my panties, those ht outside which made my heart beat fast I wanted him the second I saw him

The girl's warned me all about the elusive Ghost, the et in and out of places without being seen or heard I didn't understand hoould be able to do that with the size of him, but I didn't question it

They told me he was a slut and sleeps with anyone He's probably killed people, my friends warned That should've putabout him that drew me to him, all part of his charm no doubt

We talked for hours, he h, made me feel more beautiful than anyone ever had So in bed with him, maybe it was, and ht, but he was everything I never knew I needed

He didn't leaveand he needed ured he didn't knoho I really was Whoto him I'd tried to keep our relationship secret fro around to meet with Ghost whenever I could So I told him the truth, scared he'd walk away from me Especially because he was a biker and my mafia Don cousin detests bikers

But Ghost didn't walk away Instead, he held irl, he'd walk away and never look back But then no other girl had ever stolen his heart the way I had

We knew then that ere in love, that we needed to keep our relationship on the do Just until we'd found a way to tell Draven and Shepard without either of the Ghost Because we both kneould have been seen as a betrayal

It's like the story of Romeo and Juliet Torn apart by two sides who don't really need to be fighting about anything Sneaking around to see each other because we couldn't bear to be apart Knowing deep in our hearts that we'd never truly be allowed to be together

But, of course, they did find out and all hell broke loose God, I have begged, pleaded, prayed, and even gotten on oddamned hands and knees in front of my cousin and poured my heart

Draven isn't all bad, he loves me like a sister He took care of me when my father died and my mother took off I know he sees it as his duty to keep me from people like Ghost, but he can't control my heart He can't control my love for this man

I thought he'd make an exception, let oing to die toht not be physically dead, but everything else inside of me will die with him

He finally breaks the kiss I'd just gotten lost in and pulls ainst his chest I breathe him in with my eyes closed Before I can stopmouth!

He grabsme to look at hi within them He would never show hter till the end

“You listen to me, Avery Vidal You will survive this, baby You will ive you the world” I shakeme whimper I don't want his last memories of us to be this “Yes,” He repeats more cal me, Avery”