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I know I have to stop I know this must seem insane to Natalie

We don’t know each other, and now I’ht to her

But I do Forever

Even if she doesn’t know it yet

I do have a goddaht

My whole body sears with possessiveness, with the carnal compulsion to make this woman mine

He doesn’t get to touch her, this man, this nobody

She Belongs To Me

All of thisaway from me, hands raised

“Nick, he’s my brother”

Natalie steps between us, staring up at me with hard eyes, with more certainty than I’ve seen in her all day

Itto make, the way she instantly stands up for her family, how loyal and perfect she is Itto share

Even if it makes no sense Even if it should be impossible

“Oh” I laugh gruffly, taking a step back “I didn’t… shit, kid I’m sorry”

Kenny looks up at me, still a little shaken up “I-It’s fine Don’t worry about it”

Natalie narrows her eyes She’s about to ask ot intoin her eyes, trying to burst free, but then I turn and stride away

“Hey,” she calls after me

I don’t listen, stalking down the hallway, fists clenched as I tell hts consu her and being with her forever

Just because it’s Christic

But as my footsteps echo all around me – louder now because the place is enettes of Natalie and our family, our future

Stop it, stop it, I snarl in my mind

I can’t, though, not when I see her sitting in a snohite ar down at the little bundle with all the love in the world bursting from her expression In the fantasy, she looks ready to face anything – together with me

Then she looks up at ets the better of me