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.

didn't want him to lock his feelings away again. His

reason 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. Your too pure, too good." He doesn't let me go though, instead, he held me tighter

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 like I was exactly where I was meant to be when they were near me. It scared me

it was the look in their eyes when my eyes would find theirs

understand it but I felt it. Maybe that's why they hurt me because I was being pulled toward

me away.

I shouldn't push him, I knew that but I didn't want him to hold back anymore. I wasn't afraid of him and 1 didn't want

don't have to hold back because of me. I'm not scared of you." I said it

eyes met again the look in his eyes caused a shudder to travel through me.

was cracking and

didn't pull away. He needed me and I was willing to travel into his darkness if I needed to. Everyone deserved light in their life, even

it finally

and for

gasped at the sudden attack and the intensity of it but I melted into him the

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steal that last breath

keeping me locked against his kiss. I didn't mind because kissing him felt like I was floating and there was no way I would

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

I couldn't help

just a bit so he could place a last kiss on my forehead. He let out a sigh before stepping away and leading me to his desk. He dropped into his desk chair

he turned

was comfortably in his arms. He nuzzled his face into my neck for a quick moment before turning his

more intriguing as he added more and more

a birdcage?" I asked as the

didn't stop there. Once the intricate design of the cage was finished, he

have been locked away your whole life. Hidden and hurt. I