The ends of the gold chain were clipped together before Tobias could try to help her put it on.

The girl was quick; that spoke to her independence.

After he spent much time with her, he had learned that she was the hands-on type.

Were it up to any other woman, they would have coquettishly commented about how much they liked it and asked for their suitor to put it on for them.

Tobias held her hand anew as the cawing of a murder of crows spiraled overhead. The path grew more foreboding the more they advanced.

There was hardly any warmth emanating from his palm.

 

When they finally came to halt before a spot where a standing statue was prominently featured, Skylar swallowed hard. Oh God, I knew it! I knew this was all too good to be true – he’s going to kill me here!

“You are not going to conduct a blood sacrifice, are you?”

 

He looked straight at her without speaking.

his lips curled

screamed for them to run. Her face trembled in her hands

you won’t leave me alone. Killing is against the law. Have a heart, Tobias, and

are just two words for someone like me who has already known

whimper was elicited from

to finally understand

I don’t want to die.” At this moment, the sky opened up and cast its bloodless

ran his fingers through her hair. “You are always talking about ending it all. But you are obviously

Admittedly, he was right.

her fear and terror, she saw him retrieve two sticks of candles which he

rising white fumes in case

and bowed to the statue before he planted

and we used to visit every year… You didn’t really

mouth was agape. And there she was. Petrified, and begging

completely innocuous activity and

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