“Each dot represents a Luciano brother.” Angel started to trace a diamond on her back with a tatted finger, starting with the top. “The top one is for my oldest brother, Dominic. The two on the sides are me and Matthias. And the bottom one is for my youngest brother, Cassius.”
Laying her head on his chest, she snuggled into him. “Do you have any sisters?”
He went quiet for a few minutes, thinking about his words carefully. “Yes.”
“Do you not want to talk about it?” she asked politely.
“Not yet, but soon, sweetness,” Angel promised.
She placed a kiss on his chest, able to accept that. “Okay.”
Smiling into the small, dark space they shared under the canopy, he wasn’t sure what he had done to deserve a girl like her. Maybe it was the suffering he had gone through. If that was the case, it was worth it.
Angel leaned down, breathing in her thick brown hair that smelled of cherries. He hadn’t realized she smelled of cherries until he had come back to her after two months. The second she had run into his arms, he had smelled that sweet cherry scent, making him wonder how the hell he had missed that in the times he had spent with her.
He supposed it had to do with Bella. She had clouded his vision of Adalyn. The second he had told her goodbye, though, he had finally been able to see Adalyn for the beautiful, caring, and fiercely loyal woman she was. She had told him several times now that he made her dreams come true, yet she had sent his nightmares away. Forever.
A vision of a new book slowly opening appeared in his mind. It was time he started a new beginning.
“Adalyn …” He placed a long, inked finger under her chin, making her look up at him. “I love you.”
Outlast
I am trapped by the walls that hold me.
Trapped by the mind that fools me.
Trapped by the bones that keep me here.
But I must not give up,
For I must win,
To see your face,
When you realize,
That I will
Never
Ever
Give in
Sarah Brianne
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