The Beast And Me
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My whole day was like this. I wasn’t really present. How could I be? When everything that makes me alive was taken away with him. If this was White’s plan all along he had succeeded. And I did expect him to show up, to say some remarks, to degrade me with his comments. He didn’t. Until now, at least, but now as I continue, Dinner is over. I guess Jay has to listen to that venom that drops out of Severin’s mouth now.
I will visit him tonight. Something tells me that he will need this even more than me.
Peter is worried. He cares about me. I don’t really need to write this down because it seems to be so obvious. But I think that he believes that Jay is hurting me, that Jay is an animal while I’m human. I’m not.
He held me close again, hiding his face in my hair and I guess that’s how we fell asleep. Yet, as we woke up, it was me, one arm wrapped around him, with my hand on his chest, which he held, our legs entwined, and my face against his back. The sole scent inhaled was his and I can’t remember ever waking up more happy and serene than at that very moment. Mindlessly I kissed his back just to realize that he had already been awake.
They came just moments later and we barely had the chance to kiss goodbye.
I will see him tonight. They won’t break us.
EPILOGUE
It has been a full month and you are holding up good so far. All you have witnessed. All you have heard of and imagined within the boundaries of your own mind. It is, in fact, a fascinating experience to watch you. How you are reacting to all of this, how you are trying to keep it together, to go on. And that you finally seem to have succeeded.
You have not realized yet that both of you are mine, have you?
As you can see: to me, this has been a full success, Ten. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
– Sincerely, Doctor Clay Severin
About the Author
D.S. Wrights was born in 1980 to a Dutch mother and a German father and was raised mostly in Germany.
She speaks three languages fluently: English, German and Dutch.
Her name is a pen name and she describes writing as her passion and calling.
During high school two short stories were published, one as a school project one in the local newsletter.
Later she worked at a publishing house where she earned insight into the work, process and production of publishing books.
In the last few years she has published several fan fictions to which the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
The Beast And Me is her first published novel.
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by D.S. Wrights
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When she turns 21 and after some awkward discoveries, which she doesn’t know how to process, ‘Kara’ realizes that not only her desires and his protectiveness and possessiveness lead her even closer to Adrian, but also his circuit heart, which belongs only to her.
Coming 2015!
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The alleged car accident four years ago that put Beth's mother in a week-long coma, did not only Lily's mother's and Will's wife's life, but took from John his best friend, and first love. Now, when he looks at Lily, he forces himself to see his godchild, Will's daughter, Beth's best friend and not his second chance for true love.
Coming 2015!