The Sweetest Agony by KL Donn

Author:KL Donn [Donn, KL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-12T08:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

LILIYA

Watching Dez sleep, I know everyone else in the house is as well. He makes me feel things… Emotions I’ve never explored before, and after what happened at school, I don’t want to go back. It was never a place I enjoyed to begin with, but knowing what I do now, I’d rather die than walk those halls again.

Dez asked about my day many times while washing me in the bathtub, but I hadn’t given many details because I knew what would have happened. What will happen when he finds out.

They’ll all die.

They might deserve it, but I won’t be the catalyst.

Gingerly, I slide myself away from Dez’s arms. His eyes pop open immediately, but he doesn’t say a word, doesn’t attempt to pull me back. His piercing gaze tracks me around the room until I’m out of sight in the living area, standing in front of the window and staring out at the grounds I have yet to explore.

I feel restless tonight.

I feel antsy.

Every time Dez makes me a promise, it’s like a candle being lit, but it’s only a matter of time before the flame dies and the wax is gone. A limited duration for the beauty. I’ve spent a lifetime waiting for the other shoe to drop; I’m an expert in being let down. Why should now be any different? I want it to be. More than anything, I want to be able to trust his promises. The past dictates that I can’t, though.

Shivering by the window, I notice the frost from winter has chosen tonight as the night to hit Odesa. I’ve always loved this season; the fresh snow is like new life forming.

“It’s too cold,” Dez’s rough voice says from behind as he moves around, the fireplace’s glow engulfing the room, and my reflection brightens in the window’s glare. The scarring of Dez’s name on my belly mocks me. I want to belong to him like he says, but can it ever really come to be?

Watching as the man moves in behind me, a blanket in his hand, he plasters his front to my back, inhaling at the nape of my neck as he wraps the cozy material around us both.

“Tell me what happened today,” he demands this time because Dez rarely asks for anything.

Blowing out a breath, my body begins to perspire as I lean back against him. “Jazzy was pretending to be my friend for a few months, but she never liked me. I didn’t care, though, because I got to sit with someone at lunch and during class.” My throat feels like it’s closing. “When you came up to me, when I was…entranced by your knife, she took her shot to get rid of me. She saw what I didn’t quite understand at the time, not until you brought me here, and she’s been spreading rumors about me ever since.”

I sense more than feel his anger. His breathing grows heavy, his chest heaves in and out, and the hold he has on my hips tightens painfully.

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