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.
curled
move when her subconscious mind screamed for them to run. Her face trembled in her hands as
alone. Killing is against the law. Have
like me who has already known the
childlike whimper was elicited
led him to finally understand
moment, the sky opened up and cast its bloodless light upon the
hair. “You are always talking about ending it all. But you are obviously not ready
Admittedly, he was right.
retrieve two sticks of
nose against the rising white fumes in case they were
then raised the candles between his hands and bowed to
and we used to visit every year… You didn’t really believe that I was going to kill you,
was agape. And there she was. Petrified, and begging for her
innocuous activity and getting
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