“I hope you are not dead because you have brought me back to life.”
Where the kiss with Lucky was tender, soft, this is brutal.Devastating.This—this—is all I’ve wanted.All I’ve desired and never thought possible.I tried in vain to not imagine it, but no dream could ever match the reality.
Sterling holds me tightly to him, his grip strong and sure, his lips devouring my own.
We’re separated by a throat clearing.
“I must apologize for my meddling,” Lucky says.“But I couldn’t let another day pass without you finding out how we both feel about you.”
It’s unbearably sweet.
“You fulfilled your promise,” I tell him and beckon him closer.
It’s Sterling who takes his hand.“I am sorry for hurting you.Again.”
Lucky brings his palm to his lips.“Make it the last time and promise to love us as we deserve, and I’ll forgive you.”He winks at me.“We both will.”
My knees weaken as Sterling smiles.Fortunately, he’s holding me up.
“I promise.”
THE END
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start over
“What is it?”
Sterling waits, ever patient.
“It’s nothing,” I say.“Nerves.”I can tell he doesn’t believe me, but I move past him to the door.“Come.We’ll be late for dinner.”
* * *
Maybe it’s for the best.
go to dinner(go to 62)
go back(go to 35)
I can’t leave him.
While the masked man next to me is occupied with getting Tegan’s wrists tied, I rush over to Sterling, where I’m stopped abruptly.The muscles in my neck pull tight as the guy next to Sterling grabs me by the hair, and I fight off a scream.My heart is pounding.
There’s a scuffle to my right, shoes in my peripheral vision, and then a loud crack!
The grip in my hair is gone.The man responsible stumbles back a step, holding his bloody nose in his hands.
Sterling stands between us, his hands tied, his knuckles bloody.
“I’m gonna fucking kill you for that,” the man says and slams his fist into Sterling’s jaw.
“The fuck are you doing?”T appears, his voice unnervingly quiet as he pulls the other man back and gets in his face.“We’re not here for that.We’re here for the gold, and you’re wasting time.”
“He fucking hit me.”
“He’s nobody.Now, put them in the back and get where you need to be.We don’t have time for your ego.”
