orget to teach you
rds me was filled with
of fear w
e remaini
able of hear
possess any no
pped my hand around h
t in terror. Her eyes wer
leaded with me, begging
ed to hear
ed, clenching my fing
n was soft, like sweet c
shallow gasps as she f
cut off her air supply.
in a desperate plea for
as she silently be
The fear I wa
eded was o
pts to resist my hold, I
iven up, she surges forw
flesh, leaving a trail
pain as I stumbled back
of sweat trickled down m
bing wound
nt shifted within me.
surface erupted into
to take, to dest
ocence and twist it into
a mere shadow of her fo
r, forever mar
nly overtaken by a hot
sumed by the yearn
ed with an intensity tha
tio
ing, and as she approa
could feel my body igniti
ht breathtaking, each
blood ru
into my pocket for a
Irena. Our gazes locked,
pon me, her chest he
rely contained energy,
her bountiful form. B
tense heat emanating from
eas
ce more, Irena's eyes d
niting a desire I h
exit, my attention was
her face. Her cheeks
aramel colour, she swift
om
erchief in my pocket, m
Every contour of her bod
natural curves, but
eft her alone in one of
ns
om the room, wSh
ck to m
is distress
ted
Grzegorz's, I felt hi
s brow furrowed with conc
ension. "Did
ng back the words that t
tion who was responsib
iece was t
y of this i
andiwork of his devilis
can be a real dumbass
s dickwad is eve
racing wit
she so
always
inue my life with a woma
uld be like walking hand-
this, don't worry Sai
tte
ng her," he quipped, h
d creature standing bef
ry
crackled with tension
Grzegorz and I locked eye
elled his thick skull un
companion Prince strod
le
is voice even and unwav
ut Irena
flicking my eyes toward
h him gone, I stepped f
rzegorz a
ing clear, Grzegorz,"
ng keeping you alive right
two-faced coward, and y
hed you yet doesn't me
t i
es flashing with a desper
knew, who was t
e muttered
es piercing as I fixed
y been hesitant to cons
piqued my interest with i
down the line. As an adde
and I equally respon
ently straightened my t
ther syllable. AsI walked
gathered, their minds b
ew seconds later, Grzego
sp
ive obl
en, Prince and Zoltan, I
sibility settle
s. Nowak?" Anatol's v
R
I found myself trapped
ind- Saint. The memory
d, causing a knot of r
om
grip, he hadn't actu
he would prove to be a b
hed heavily my mind,
ember, I have yearned fo
lls your lungs with the c
o chase after whatever set
ollows me everywhere I g
ife and nev
n a far-off corner of t
ity and serenity. A plac
ntity, one that speaks to
a quaint little house, s
l in the simple
gn and serendipity smiles
ildest dream into a real
ences with the mesmerizin
e to the life I have lef
th a sense of ne
the life that I am willi
my fears and cast away
of a dream that will take
to roam the world, with
of the beauty but there'
new I couldn't live like
m as dangerous men lurke
ok, memories of my past
d, of signing my freedom
the boo
me to the golden
se
the sight of a rose, es
it
ehen
is another step toward
g girl, their magical a
m of fortune and pray
too will pen the final ch
appily ev
pages creaking with a
page enveloped me, pu
om. It was then that I r
its ability to entertain, bu
inspire courage, and t
I closed my eyes, took
eedom
eep into my own musings
lted back to reality. My
imposing figure of Anato
s, my gaze fixed upon h
ble, and I could feel my
ed
his mini bar and poured
wn in one swift motion,
with his
ith the fiery, amber liq
ith anti
tly prayed, please shie
to be u
f paces, my spine conne
. Anatol, however, seems
een gaze fixed on mine,
ortably nestle
hould be the one to le
p
seeping through his word
gulped dow
lain to me why you felt
tol continued, his tone
ht words to say. But with
. He rarely showed his
s men across the hal
literature and th
e his exterior remained c
nother
I'm waitin
y heart beating fas
ars, flinging the glass
glass reverberate through
a
linch and avert my gaze.
rd him with a grip like
g for the st
tended the contract. Now
two fucking months
teac
saken manners!" he bell
s in disgust, my lips qui
protection, I swe
in his throat as he re
t of his study with
room!" his voice booms
the room and seize me b
om their vice-like grasp
ists and turns
at my room, my captors
or shut. The sound of a
essive silence as the f
lly di
arkness, a reflection o
allic taste fills my mout
light, roll down my cheek
olness of the wood. But
un
o much? We share bloo
an any foe's sword. I ca
eserve such relentless to
erating in the emptines
s to the depths of my pa
me
potent and fierce. It's a
eart. It bubbles, boiling
tai
e truth. I am trapped,
and family has b
m my throat, shattering
cap
trapped,ensnared in a world where love i