sent the well-honed reflexes that should have saved her jumping up and down like gymnasts in her gut. Her heart rate increased an

when suddenly a voice bo

un through her bloodstream. With a hesitant pause, she glanced back at the directi

closer now. "Plea

was coated in fear. "What do you

it, so quietly and almost beseeching. I

d animal!" She tried to speak without her voice

to the black. "Lila, please!" It settled into her res

digging in to be strong. You think sweet no

esperation coloured his voice. "I

you could turn every kind memory into a gun

it as, Well... when I see you talk to other people ... It just burns me up that we both want t

l!" With a shake of her head, anger vibed in every way

panic in his voice. "We can fix th

back her heart racing. You never changed, and you

ed out of the shadows closer. Lila, I am stil

ve once again proven to me who the hell I thought you were... and trust that I will not al

oked out, in a strained

g for. "Love doesn't hurt, Lucas. It does not bind one or inst

from the moon on his face. "Whatever it is you are going to do, Lila. Y

d me first" ( ohgirltype) Not when you're standing there watching and just

ith desperation in his words "We can wi

n of his words. "Anything? If you really meant that

self to become someone else or surrender. " I ... just cannot b

n now Jeret could clearly hear every icy word his dreams bring to him still: 'You alr

in, and with it she felt her last few strands of connectivity unwind. Another step and she

too kissable lips. " Lila...it..."

Arabella Prisca) I'm sorry Lucas, fighting for something t

aded closing in on desperation

't understand. Ideally not promises anymore. It's about t

gn I mean business? He looked at her w

. I need to heal, too. I am not someone who can catc

and, taking her

e to reclaim my energy first

much, but her resolve were undeniable. "I c

whispered again in

d softly. That's

eparted walking into the shadows as he stood there a