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e security of this esta

I hadn't even noticed wasn't ho

r front door e

and he had already

rise jeans. His leather jacket hung on his forearm, co

er how safe an environment feels. Being trus

oing far away; if there's a breach in security and I'm under threat, you're

ith his thousand reasons why his a

y index finger. "One t

ere carrying the weight of

e giving me a day of freedom. One freedom won't hurt when the re

wore a smug smil

d sarcasm didn't go unnoticed by Pap

his one small rebellion of yours t

ly yo

walking down the estate. I even stretched as I walked t

large-like half the size of a big subdivision. Okay, not like; it literally used to

stem yesterday. I know my way

where there are trees and bus

om outside. There was no one. I looked down to see where I could fall. There ar

t myself fall i

and internally apologized, hoping that ju

ll-I think I even scraped myself. I felt that familiar st

d on my mission. I wouldn't be able to brea

considered myself a local of this city. Tourists pr

onto the fact that I'm a De Greco. In Yekaterinburg, our family name holds power. Papa

en if I don't agree with Papa's methods, I can't just convert him. An

o way out. It can only go two ways:

wind blowing in the early hours-it's like us; its day is just be

my surroundings? I missed transformin

e to be dramatic here; so early in the morning and already noisy! In movies, the mai

s had sweet scents, especially from girls. At this point, it felt like I was showering in every mis

t t-shirt. White around the neckline and at the edge of its sleeves. There are also three white

ou getting on?" called t

hand and sh

mall. I feel like it's been ages since I last visited

ing. I just want to read s

sky. Something about being outside makes me... imagina

I love thee to the depth

you saying your con

like I was being embraced. My entire body froze

racticing your

blue-gray eyes that glinted

inal. Not steal from other poets. Make

ng vows. And what the hell a

h he quickly coughed off to conceal. I haven't seen him in so long. I want

intended. His face is angular. Everything about him is sculpted like a statue of a

curses now,"

er vocabulary," I glared at hi

will be

how did you know this isn't my original?" I aske

on-stop in high school. I can even continue

it, but I stopped myself because there wa

yours. This is not Saint Petersburg, Czar. You

looked at his wristwatch to confirm. "One thousand

e like him gets you nowhere

d. I could take down the entire De Greco org

eyebrow. "Yo

ithout remorse. "I don't

e in grade 12 and I was in grade 11. What would

. But it's like a ghost just walked through the

So that you won't be able to t

ecords that the cap

te," he co

too intimidated by a woman's threat that he res

f I wanted to. But I found it useless, so I made you do

him skeptica

l?" he