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.

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

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

though it shouldn't. Even though they had hurt me, I still felt like I was exactly where I

followed me. Or maybe it was

hurt me

me away.

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 to keep hurting. So I reached

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

our eyes met again the look in his eyes caused a

was cracking and barely

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 deserved light in their life, even him.

said again and it finally broke through to him shattering his

once and

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

up: .net is the only place to read the complete version of this book for free. Don't

last breath

to the back of my neck and he was keeping me locked against his kiss. I didn't mind because kissing him felt

both, for the lack of a better word, breathless. His head lowered to mine and we 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

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

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 and I stood off to the side waiting. I

he turned his attention to me instead. Before I could ask what was wrong he pulled me into

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

intriguing as he added more

the design began to take a more

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

whole life. Hidden and hurt. I