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.

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

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 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 because I knew I shouldn't feel that way toward them but somehow I just Chapter

them, Maybe it was the way their eyes followed me. Or maybe it was the

didn't understand it but I felt it. Maybe that's why they hurt me because I was

me away.

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

ok. It's ok. Please just let go. You don't have to hold back because of me. I'm not scared of you." I said it as confident as I could but

intense in every sense of the word so when our eyes met again the look in his eyes caused a shudder to travel through me.

and

didn't pull away.

it finally broke through to him shattering his Chapter

once and

the sudden attack and the intensity of it but I melted into him the longer it went on. He

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last breath from

neck and he was keeping me locked against his kiss. I didn't mind because kissing him felt like I was floating and there

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

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

my forehead. He let out a sigh before stepping away and leading me to his desk. He dropped into his desk chair and I stood off to the side waiting. I Chapter

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 could ask what was

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 would

looked more and more intriguing as he added more

I asked as the design began to take a more specific

but he didn't stop there. Once the intricate design

been locked away your whole