on the cold marble, spark

is temple throbbed wildly. The l

out a second of hesitation, he brought

is heel int

and delicate platinum cracking

ed. The tears spille

forward, grabbing his arm, trying to p

were a dea

hite dress. He hoisted her up, p

o her neck. She looked into his eyes. They we

marched toward a dark, unused storage

grip, her fingernails scratching his knuckles, but h

door open, threw her inside

He lo

liver of light bleeding under the door

gh cardboard scraped the skin off her elbows. She scram

ragged breathing filled the tiny spa

e dusty floor back to him. His other hand shot

his voice vibrating with pure malice. "You

ars streaming down her face and wetting hi

nearly killed himself working to get back for this

d the exhaustio

ped to his knees, leaned down, an

s an assault. It tasted

r and humiliation crashed over her. She balled her

them hard against the dusty floorboards above her head.

He ravaged her mouth, swallowing

cal tears poured from her eyes, sliding down her cheeks and

pped fi

turned to stone. She stared blankly at

er. It wasn't submiss

ce water. The red haze of jealousy cleared

his mo

eding lips and her dead, hollow ey

e burning coals. He stood up fast, stum

n't look

self," Elam said. His voi

or open. He walked out and strode toward the stair

open. The hallway light spi

the dust. She wrapped her arms aro

crubbed until the skin broke and bled. The silent, agonizing