-Laelia-
“You can’t do that to me again,” I said.
Ashes had just tied the string on his pants when his yellow eyes met mine. He narrowed them slightly as he looked at me, but I wasn’t showing any defiance. We needed to work this out without resorting to fighting or we’d both end up on the table behind us again.
I wanted to be mad at him, yes, but the truth was Ashes wasn’t the only one who had lost his heart. Mine was lost too. To him. He owned it. He had all of me, and I could not stay mad at him because when I tried, I only ended up hurting myself.
“Don’t hurt me again,” I pleaded.
“Will you listen to me and not go outside the walls again?” he inquired.
“You want to lock me up?”
He shook his head. “You can freely explore around town, of course, with guards, but don’t go outside t
