DARKNESS IGNITES DESIRES

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ainst the polished marble floors. The silence is suffocating – a sharp cont

gh me, taunting me with the possibility of him still

tic staff and their topic of gossip is about the possible abduction of their boss. They cease their g

emotions, and make my way into the living room. Once in, I s

I raise my eyes. It's the bodyguard assign

to my ear with a

of them have seen him since you left for your honeymoon last month. I'm dr

nt to yell at him to search further but I manage to keep it togethe

ter two uneventful days of worry, it is sure to be knotted

at the edges of my composure. The call end

ever see K

le and sink into one of the plush cushion

tside the gate as we speak but we haven't let her in as you

ining threads of sanity that I'm holding onto with her incessa

r but some things are not as they seem. Right now, there are far more p

to hear the door open and Theo walk in. However,

iving me a look spelling

so much right now and I beg that you do not be the icing on the

d and I work to swallow the tea

you seen your house? It's teeming with guards who would kill before any harm comes to him. Spare me t

ing? Waiting for him to magically drop out of the skies? He cannot just vanish into thin air, for goodness sake, so giv

bably whoring with one of his kuaj right now while you worry yourself sick. Come to think of

ose to smacking that belittling exp

n my seat to gain another grip on my tumultuous emotions. Answering her is a co

ce, she looks like she isn't do

the person she was. Never!" She spits so vehemently that it causes m

eyes waiting for the right moment to flood my face. She doesn't

ould leave now,

words to sink in before she

you life even when you weren't deserving of it. Just because you have the opportunity to get into the t

ase and accommodate your excess

h an arm stretched towards the door. "You're caus

disgust as she sizes him up. For a moment, she looks rea

rds sharper than the slice of a butcher's knife. "Mark my words; I never want to see y

d from her eyes as she gives me one last sweeping gla

one is all the negativ

say followed by the heavy thud of t

or defense now relax. I drag in a much-needed breath as Theodo

of pity fall through. "I don't wan

my resolution, he exhales sharply. "Same response. I'm afr

ould stop the weight of his unsp

...it doesn't make sense." I mutter to myself. More c

ng my mind with every

s envied his business empire. Perhaps this is their doing."

ter witnessing his compassion for the peopl

insatiated and craving for more affection, his g

ce feels like

raw in a lungful of oxygen. I would give anyt

Theodore rises to his feet, inclining his head towa

with a grave expression pregn

t?" I dare to ask wi

th compassion yet he cuts straight t

my chest, waiting for the dam

is face twists in anguish. "They've found