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.

he had ever expressed to me and I didn't want him to lock his feelings away again. His eyes snapped

destroy them. I don't want to destroy

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

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

that's why they hurt me because

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

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 my heart was pounding in

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

and barely

strained and his hand 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 deserved light in their life, even him.

again and it finally broke through to him

once and

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

read the complete version of this book for

last breath from

neck and he was keeping me locked against his kiss. I didn't mind because

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

a pure laugh that I couldn't help but

on my forehead. He let out a sigh before stepping away and leading me to his desk. He

didn't start to draw, he turned his attention to me instead. Before

before turning his attention back to the sketchbook. I laid myself back further into his chest and watched as he started

design looked more and more intriguing as

asked as the design

and was adding a small cage but he didn't stop there. Once the intricate design of the

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