DAZE

Her eyes widened the moment I pulled her closer.

She froze like she couldn’t believe I’d let her sit on my lap, as if the world had stopped spinning for that one foolish heartbeat.

Wasn’t she the one who said everything I needed to hear?

Those words that had calmed the storm in me and the beast beneath my skin?

But the last part… that part about her sacrifice, I could never believe that.

Her mouth was full of sweet poison, and I’d had enough of drinking it.

Still, she was ...