Love Unspoken

She didn't like them at all.

These dogs exuded a potent, murderous aura, as if they had claimed numerous lives, their ferocity surpassing that of any rural canine she had encountered. She was convinced they were man-eaters. Perhaps the moment Alexander departed, they would set upon her, rending her flesh and consuming her whole. "Hmm?"Alexander, his touch filtered through a handkerchief, gently lifted her chin.

"Why so silent?" he queried.

From his expression, Quinn detected an obstinate expectation, a demand for her to respond in the way he wanted.

Despite the day's bright sun, its rays brought no warmth to her skin.

A chilling sensation enveloped Quinn; her extremities were as cold as ice.

She tilted her head slightly, allowing the sunlight to illuminate her lackluster eyes, revealing a hint of defeat.

His gaze bore into her, intense and silent. His fingers, still clasping her chin, spoke volumes.

With a resigned nod, Quinn acquiesced, her eyes closed.

preferences were of no

that she should find favor in his choices, and her obligation to

last, Alexander released her. Quinn slid weakly down the fence, collapsing onto the grimy, cluttered ground. Laughter and detached

about those dogs out there?"His

something more, but she had no time to decipher their

mustered her remaining strength, struggling to rise from the dirt and

us for the complete

a moment too late. He

out, attempting to grasp him. Her hand slipped through the fence's gap, straining to reach him, but she failed

to make him turn back. 'Don't...go.'As he receded further, never once looking back, and finally vanished from her sight, tears welled up in Quinn's eyes,

truly abandoned her

in a huge cage of his

because she had visited those

sob from behind caused her to stiffen. Slowly, she

the dogs