Veronica
I am frozen in place. Tears brim in my eyes and I try to hold them from spilling out but it is too damn hard to fight for every breath you take and hold back the cries that you at the same time.
Luca’s grip on my hand remains just as firm, his gaze burning wholes in my skull. I feel like the life is slowly seeping out of me, draining me till there is not even a drop of joy left and all my will is gone. Geneva’s words from earlier echo in my ears and I cower away, unable to speak.
There is nothing more in this world I want to tell Luca than the truth. I know he will understand, I feel it in my bones. He is not this perfect prince charming, fighting for justice. He is a wicked jaded creature just like I am and he wouldn’t care in the slightest how flawed I am.
Even now, when I
