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

anyone...we destroy them. I don't want to destroy you.

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 like I was exactly where I was meant to be

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

I felt it. Maybe that's why they hurt me because I was

me away.

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 of him and 1 didn't want him

Please just let go. You don't have to hold back because of me. I'm not scared of you." I said it

intense in every sense of the word so when our eyes met again the look in his

and barely

clenched my waist tighter to the point I was sure it would bruise but I didn't pull away. He needed me and I was willing to travel into his darkness if I needed to. Everyone

again and it finally broke through to him shattering his

and for

I melted into him the longer it went on. He and

to read the complete version of this book for

steal that last breath from

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

stood there as time stopped just for us to be in that moment. 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

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

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 his attention to me instead. Before I could ask

but laughed it off once 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

more intriguing as he added

asked as the design began to take a more

there. Once the intricate design of the cage was finished,

whole life.