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Ky sighed in disappoint the moment and he crouched down to whisper, “Styx,shot anyway It’s not the bitch you saw and kissed behind that fence all those years ago Tio”
Fence? Kissed?
No… wait! Was it… him? Impossible…
Styx sighed and lowered his head, his shoulders slureement
I brushed e boy… that kiss…
A boy stood at the fence, pressed against the links, frantically waving his hands I did not knohat he was doing Moving closer to the boy, I watched as he tried again Sighing, he closed his eyes, took a long deep breath, and asked, “Wh-ho are you?” He could not speak properly The words fought to escape his mouth
I tiltedhiht tiredly I am Salome, a born temptress, a Cursed I had just been introduced to my duty, et closer to God, to rid et away for a while… They had hurt me
I did not speak to the boy on the other side of the fence I was prohibited fro out the events from earlier that day I did not kno he found us, why he was even there But at that moment, I did not care
The boy dressed strangely: all-black clothing, strange erous, with dark-brown hair and large hazel eyes, the most beautiful fall-colored eyes
“What is this p-p-place? D-d-do you live here?” the boy asked softly
My eyes slipped down to study his mouth, but I did not speak No one must know of The Order, for our protection I was not allowed to speak to boys It was forbidden, a sin, and he was an outsider, one of them
“Puh… puh… please… Wh-hat is your n-name?”
“My name is Sin We are all sin…”
I gasped loudly Styx was that boy? No…
I swept e black clothes and down to the silver bracelets on his wrists, the e eh it were yesterday He had cared about ain I visited the sa him once more—especially after those days—but he never came back I had never been kissed before or since He was est ever sin He had become almost like a dream to me
Lifting ently placed it on his cheek Styx sucked in a breath as his eyes met mine I shuffled closer still, just to be sure it was truly hied breath
Choking on a sob,into ripped s I had never known
It is hiain…