Fruit of Misfortune by Nely Cab

Author:Nely Cab
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, adventure, legends, young adult, greek, mythology, myths, young adult paranormal
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing, Inc.

Eros was as quiet and still as the marble statues I had seen of him at the historical museum days earlier. I waited, shaking, yet eager for the blade to slice through my skin. For a long while, the only sound in the room was that of our ragged breathing.

The silence broke when Eros asked, “Does Alezzander know—that you’re Creatura?”

“Yes,” I said, with my eyes closed.

“And he did nothing?”

“He tried, but his family stopped him.”

“Tried what?”

“He strangled me.”

“He should have killed you.” His grip on my hair tightened, and I let out a short cry. “Open your eyes and look at me.” I parted my lids. His platinum stare grew wide. “Look at yourself,” he said, lifting the dagger from my throat and placing the blade in front of my face. On the mirrored blade, a pair of green reptilian eyes looked back at me.

“You have no place in this world,” Eros said. “Not even in hell.”

Slowly, I turned to view him. I placed the palm of my hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes. His lids closed for a moment. The creased lines between his brows softened. I reached for his hand, which was still grasping the dagger. I lifted his arm, and with trembling fingers, I placed the blade to my throat. “Then, please, help me stop this.”

Eros pulled his hand away from my hold. “Damn you.” He dropped the dagger beside him and lunged toward me, pushing my back against the cool marble floor. “I want to hate you, to loathe you, to detest you, but for all my attempts, the need to touch you is ten times more powerful.” His fingers grazed the curve of my jaw and traveled down my neck, stopping at my collarbone.

“Don’t,” I said, trying to push him off me. He locked my wrists in his hands and restrained them against his chest.

“I can’t kill you, my sweet. You’re the only person that, like me, is a misfit. With you, I’m not alone.”

“Get off me, Eros.” I writhed under him. I twisted my hands, trying to pry them free from his grip.

Eros gave me a wicked smile as he looked down at me. “You’re by far the most sickening Creatura I’ve ever come across. I want to throw up every time I look at you.”

As I fought harder to loosen his grip, Eros yanked my arms, pulling me to a sitting position. “Let me go, you schizophrenic ass—”

Before I had the chance to verbalize the key syllable in my insult, Eros pressed his lips to mine. For a moment, my head swirled and my body tingled with tiny shocks of delight. His lips were so soft, so inviting, and so… No! My conscious screamed loud and clear. I jerked my head back, and then thrust it forward with all my strength. My forehead hit Eros on the mouth, full on, sending him flying back. I stumbled onto my feet with my hands on my head, dizzy from the head-to-mouth collision.

Eros wiped his bloody lips with the back of his hand.

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