YOUR MONSTER, MY PRIDE

Annabel leaned beside the window, her arms crossed as she watched birds fly freely in the sky. Cold breeze blew her hair softly, but that wasn't what gave her chills - it was the reality she had been forced into.

getting

she felt like nothing but a pawn in her s

The engagement, the threats, the fear... and now, silence. A

eeded

ipped on a slippers and steppe

ople who didn't seem to notice about Annab

past her and suddenly stopp

fore she could react, he grabbed h

of your mind?

wed sent a different kin

arriage," Nathan said

was been obsessive again.

did y

lenching his jaw. "You're really

ng to free herself. "Let go of

ome sense into

his hand, someone gr

ng, firm - a quie

bel

ue eyes. The same eyes she saw that night - the nigh

was

ho mistook her for someone el

le blow, the blue-eyed stranger punched him

"You're hitting me over a girl

His glare alone was en

ride, dusted off his c

s remained on

gth. By how he appeared, once a

ve, something insid

she ca

htly but didn'

me?" she asked,

confused, almost like

er. Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. "The other night

with a teasing scoff, said, "Oh, you're the girl fro

's hear

Not the gentle, desper

ed to you?"

ly know this, i don't do girls more than once,

dropped op

ist of her lips, her f

en I've ever been with, you were the worst kisser. And your

g I'm getting married then. As lo

him, chest rising

an I've ever met. I really pity

e turned and

inst his car, still smili

orward. His face looked sharp, neat, almo

nold," h

quickly with a

ttered, "S-sorry.

nabel had walked off. "I left for a few weeks and th

idn't you tell her you weren't Reyno

get frustrated gave me a lit

e deserves

t... eventually. But for now,

hind her. Her heels clicked sharply against the marble

creamed into th

tered under her breath, "I really pity the w

ered with a calm but wi

art getting re

ghtened herse

amantha replied.

yes widened

a photo on the table. "At least know what your

t the photo, her

ed it up

landed on the image - he

cture... the one

was

ue-eye

who te

ho slept

od there, laughing w

ightening with confusion, anger, and s

be. It just

ipping the edge of t

hts were

this be

rst of

eart still race when