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.

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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 his feelings away again.

is a 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 like he was afraid he would lose me forever if he let

though they had hurt me, I still felt like I was exactly where I

Or maybe it was the look in their

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

me away.

him to hold back anymore. I wasn't

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 my heart was pounding

when our eyes met again the look in his eyes

cracking and barely

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

said again and it finally broke through to him

once and for

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

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steal that last breath from

on me began to lessen but he didn't let me go. His other hand had lowered to the back of my neck and he was keeping me locked against his kiss. I didn't mind because kissing him felt

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

a pure laugh that I couldn't

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

the book was open though he didn't start to draw, he turned his attention to me instead. Before I could ask what was wrong he pulled me into his lap and

little squeak of surprise 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

more and more intriguing as he

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

but he didn't stop there. Once the

whole life. Hidden and hurt. I