Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead

Chapter 26

Emina... Present...

"asher..." I said with a whisper. "W-what are you doing?"

"Your so...beautiful." He said suddenly as he reached his hand up to cup the side of my face.

My eyes went wide at his words and my body tightened instantly from his touch. His touch was so gentle and his words so soft I was almost sure I had imagined it.

"T have been trying so hard to keep away. Why can't I stay away from you?" I had a feeling he didn't expect me to answer that, but his words hit me hard.

I lowered my eyes and tried to step back from him feeling a little hurt. What was so wrong with me that he didn't even want to be near me?

"L-V'm sorry," I replied, my voice small.

He lifted my chin so that our eyes could meet again. "Why are you sorry?" He looked confused by reply.

"T have caused you guys so much trouble." The guilt started to hit me with a vengeance.

I had been with them for weeks now with no real need for their Chapter 26

protection. I should have been trying to find somewhere else to go. With those thoughts in my mind, I tried to step away from him and leave but his other hand dropped to my waist and pulled me closer to him.

"Emma. You don't understand. We want you...I think we always have. We felt it the moment we saw you. There was a light in you that called out to the darkness in us. We didn't know what to do, so we tried to push you away. We hurt you because we were afraid. We...I wanted to be close to you so badly but I couldn't." His voice began to trail off as did his eyes.)

"Why?" I asked before he could close himself off to me.

expressed to me and I didn't want him to lock his

we are called The Dark Angels. We don't protect, we don't save anyone...we destroy them. I don't want to destroy you.

wasn't sure what to say or do. I knew his words should scare me but they didn't. In fact what he described made sense to me even though it shouldn't. Even though they had hurt me, I still felt

Maybe it was the way their eyes followed me. Or maybe it was the look in their eyes

why they hurt me because I was being pulled toward them but

me away.

to shake against mine like he was using every bit of his strength to control himself. I shouldn't push him, I knew that but I didn't want him to hold back anymore. I wasn't afraid

me. I'm not scared of you." I said it as confident as I

met again the look in his eyes

was cracking and

point I was sure it would bruise but I didn't pull away. He needed me and I was

ok," I said again and it finally broke through to him

and for

gasped at the sudden attack and the intensity of it but I melted into him the longer it went on. He and Jayden kissed like it

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that last breath from

to the back of my neck and he was keeping me locked against his kiss. I

Asher was intense in every way including this. His kiss held every emotion he kept bottled up and he had just poured every bit into me. I planned to lock those dark emotions away and never let them touch him again. If I was his light then I was going to chase away as much darkness as I could. I") "So about that tattoo design..."

let out such a pure laugh that I couldn't help but smile.

away

well-used sketchbook and pencil, and excitement rushed over me. Once the book was open though he didn't start to draw, he turned his attention to me instead. Before

I was comfortably in his arms. He nuzzled his face into my neck for a quick moment before turning his attention back to the sketchbook. I laid myself back further into his chest and watched as he started sketching the design that

more and more intriguing as he added

a birdcage?" I asked as the design began to take a

small cage but he didn't stop there. Once the intricate design of the cage was finished, he added soft flowers to

locked away your whole life. Hidden and hurt. I want