Dark Side of Heaven (A Drag You Down Bonus Scene)
Maybe this is the cure to my fear of the dark: becoming the thing others fear.
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Maybe this is the cure to my fear of the dark: becoming the thing others fear.
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They're my saviors.
The ones who protected me not just from my family, but my own bad decisions.
The ones who taught me how to love not just others, but myself.
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“Never have I ever…” I concentrate on making the words steady. “Never have I ever played never have I ever.”
Angelo chuckles, but Saint starts giggling.
“Just a few more drinks and we can get on with the main attraction,” Victor says.
“Main attraction?” Saint gives Victor a confused look, but he laughs, too.
“Getting you and Lucia drunk.” Victor smiles.
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A realization strikes him then, and he thinks back to the fables and stories he’s heard of the forest.
“You’re a unicorn,” he whispers. “You—”
Fear strikes him deep. He knows that unicorns are drawn to virgins… but he realizes no one’s ever told him what they do to virgins.
He’s suddenly sure he doesn’t want to know.
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“What are we betting?” Caleb asks. “Pennies? Burritos?”
“You said Seven loses 52% of the time?” Vortex asks, taking a bite of his taco.
I scowl at him.
Vortex grins right back at me. “Every time he loses, he takes off another piece of clothing.”
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“Why didn’t you let me do anything?” Noah demanded as soon as they were behind closed doors.
“Because there’s not anything you can do against five werewolves,” Khaz said.
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The sweetest moment wasn’t when they broke.
It might’ve been the moment of true success, and it might’ve been his point of pride when breaking in someone new, but it wasn’t the most perfect moment.
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“I can’t abandon my daughter just because I’m stressed out. It’s not… It’s not right," I say.
Konstantin glares at me. “Abandon? You think it is abandoning if you leave my daughter with me? I am not good enough father?”
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Please, I want to say. Please don’t hurt me.
He’s going to anyway, and she’d be so angry if I begged him to go easy on me.
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I thought I’d be more nervous today. There are hundreds of people seated at the benches outside, but for once, I don’t care about what others think. Silvano is waiting at the end of the aisle, under the wedding arch that cost multiple thousands of dollars.
Does that make me the bride?
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“I left because…” I’m struggling to find the words. I’m not like Silvano, who can spin anything into gold. I’m not like Sierra, even, who can instill passion in others. I’m just… me. “I left because I fell in love,” I say, my shoulders slumping. “You don’t pick who you fall in love with, Ma."
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The intercom buzzes to let us know that the wedding planner has arrived.
My heart leaps into my throat, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to throw up, but I force my expression to something stony instead of looking as irritable as I feel.
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Cristiano’s smirk only deepens.
We both know neither of us will survive without the other.
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“Yes, Daddy. I’m sorry.”
I’m not really sorry.
Causing a scene had gotten me this.
“You’re not,” he says — because he knows me so well, better than anyone ever has. “But trust me when I say you will be."
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