The twins Revenge

2: Fir

d barely spoken to him in years-barely looked at him, if I'm being honest. And there he

I would. Maybe I should. But my body ignored the voice in my head that was screaming for me to get

me with his

on. All the nerves in my body sparked to life, my heart pounding as if I were going to run a marathon. A flush

through into my skin. I didn't want to admit to myself how much I wanted him to touch me again, but I d

was harsh, close to

ing through my veins. "I'm what?" I demanded, forcing the words

for a moment, there was sile

me I'd ever heard someone react this way when they found out I was blind. Bu

whispere

ess of his stare on me, as though he were looki

" His voice dropped, almost regretfully, but

like a cloud. I wanted to shut it out, to shoo it away, but I couldn't. Not wh

fore he spoke once more, this t

tated, looking for the right words. "I did not

g out before I could stop them. "Still waiting

d on, that I'd left him behind. But the moment I felt his hand on me again, it all came f

e," I said, my voice trembling with

y in him. He was yearning to touch me once more, but something held him back. I w

r lost hope of being with you. I will never forget you. I wa

w if I could let them mend me. Not yet. Not until I had the t

he last time I'd trusted him, I'd gotten hurt

, my chest tightening

ering under the pressure of it all. "I don't know if I ev

, and I could feel the regret washing off of him in w

am, to inform him of just how much he hurt me, just how much his rejection had ruined me. Bu

p forward again, his steps cautious, as if he wa

breathed, his voice naked and raw in

I breathed, my voice barely m

lition. I had to touch him again. Had to experience the chemistry that was between us

felt his fingers weave through mine with a tenderness that br

knew. I knew that we we

e sent shivers down my spine, and I fought the urge to lean towa

w I could trust him w

ued. "I'll do anything if

tension between us grew thicker. The air hung thick

ive in, I heard it. Something. A

lleyway, and I turned to l

and sharp. "You promised it. Yo

not enough to hold me up. The room spun around me, and I was not certai

" I whispere

nswered louder th