Haunting-Adeline

My lip wobbles, and all of the fight I had burning inside of me bleeds out
in one breath.
I have nothing to say. No argument.
I've been holding so ghtly onto the no on that all murder is wrong, but
I need to let that go. Because Zade is right, whether he came into my life or
not, I would always end up in danger. And I can't get upset every me he
kills someone who meant me harm.
If that makes me selfish, then I don't care anymore.
Whether I like it or not... Zade isn't going anywhere. And it's far more
exhaus ng holding onto morals that do nothing but fight against the one
thing keeping me safe.
I study his face, needing to ask one last ques on.
“Have you killed an innocent person?”
“What's your defini on of innocent?” he ques ons, leaning in close un l
his minty breath skates over my cold, wet face. “People like Archie? Who
have hurt others, but there was always a chance of redemp on, right?”
I swallow, opening my mouth to respond, but he leans closer, his lips
mere cen meters away from mine. The words die on my tongue while his
flicks out, licking a droplet off my lip. The small touch should be
insignificant, like a bu erfly landing on your finger. But instead, it felt like a
lightning bolt traveling down my spine and straight to my core.
“Do you think there’s redemp on for me?” he whispers, the tenor of his
voice dark and sinful.
I lick my lips, searching for the words before I ask, “Do you want there to
be?”
The rest of his body molds into mine, crea ng a dangerous cyclone of
fire and ice inside of me. The frozen ground and the raging heat of his body
war with each other, while I try to fight past the delirium his close
proximity is causing.
He grinds his pelvis into mine, elici ng a sharp pleasure from between
my legs. Without conscious thought, my back arches and a moan slips free.
“If my redemp on resides somewhere within you, then I will spend the
rest of my life searching for it inside of you.” He flexes his hips again,
wringing another breathless moan from my lips. “I will fill every inch of
you, Adeline. And in me, my redemp on will become your salva on.”