GREY LY

ee days since

ive as my head kept replaying t

in, my body shivering f

going to lo

ingers tangling in the stra

the darkness took over; all I saw was Ana's face and

lf, the ache in my

all my

ent look to him, he was a cold-blooded killer... If I'd taken her words seriously, then I wouldn't have stu

s, the pain in my heart m

as there in every corne

up. I was exhausted, both physically and mentally. I just

shut, a tear runn

he ache in my ches

tell that there was someone in the room with

mach, and tightened as

relax my eyes so he thought I was asleep, but I knew

new maid said you haven't been eating anything... I've stopped her from

ick to my stomach, and for a secon

out, don't you?" he asked, his voice low and tight, as i

I wished he would just leave because all he served was a reminder. A reminder of the hell I

that way for a few minu

sor

hoed in the

eathe for a

rry I h

na? Hu

t fabric as fire surged through my veins where blood once flowed

y tried to hold back though. I even made a whole plan to kill her and make it look like an accident so that it wouldn't hurt you that much, but I couldn't hold out for that long

o bear. I pulled myself up, my body burning so ho

nce, and as I met Zevran's hopeful gaze, the

d, the sound echoin

is eyes wide with shock, bl

rocessing what had happened before

d he would; I wanted him to put a knife to my throat and slit it just the way

over where I had struck him, a fascinat

at all, no, he ac

nd because his lack of reaction pissed me off, I struck him again, then

listening as he waited, almost hopefully. It was as if he wanted me to co

door. "No matter what you do or how many people you kill to get my attention, I'll ne

the slaps. His eyes burned fierc

about me a little bit, you wouldn't be so angry that I killed Ana. You wouldn't have hit me t

t me punish you? So you think a few slaps

d her. She knew I had no friends and that I'd chosen you...,

stared at him, realizing j

he dagger he'd used in

swear that I won't kill them. You can even hold on to my dagger...

ing a beat as the cold b

t he'd done and th

t in my head, my eyes moving fr

ce to finally get back at Ilvane