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Chapter 1
Anger is coursing through me in waves I can't control it I feel betrayed and utterly deci in lesto my body like a second skin Drenched hair is plastered to both sides offro my hair out while I walk Water spatters on the pavement The rain is slow and steady, barely ray and the sea churns behindthe waves crash into the shore
Riding in the rain is stupid I'et away from him The words Cole said were like lashes to my soul The way he looked at me, like I betrayed hi strides, slaraband pull it on Cole doesn't turn I knoon't move until he hears the motorcycle roar to life and fade into the distance
I secureoverI'll never see hih Sophia's web of lies There are too many secrets between us and now there's no way to fix therabs ontoto cave in I can't stand it I can't breathe
Shakingdownhold of the handlebars, I flip up the kickstand with ear My life sucks It doesn't see - with Sophia, with Cole, with Edward - oh, God! It never ends Every mistake strips away a confident piece of me and replaces it with a version of Anna that is jaded and hard She's notto h tainted scorn I want to crush Sottero I want to obliterate her for what she did I blink the rain water from my eyes and lower er knohat I want froht it would be My ideals are gone
Pressing hten, as I turn away from Cole I start down the driveway and turn onto the street I don't get far The engine revs harder than I intended and the back wheel starts to slide I' very fast, not yet, but the street is slick and the motorcycle is heavy I try to correct and lean into the skid, but it's too late Gravity has o A scream rips out of my throat and blasts every other sound to oblivion The bike comes down on top of me My hel is caught under the bike, andtorn apart as I skid to a stop I push on the bike, trying to get up, but I can't make it e
Before I know it, theI can't focus on hiers lift and touch my head I blink The helmet is still strapped in place Cole's voice echoes insideshouted in my face I shake my head and it clears Panic makes my heart pound harder
Cole is trying to lift me, but I won't let him
Suddenly, I' back, "I don't need your help!"
Cole is irate He's shaking The"Anna," he growls "I can't believe you're doing this to s open and he freezes, as I pull the bike up and get back on "What the hell are you doing? You can't be serious" His tone changes, it shifts frory to sensible
I restart the bike and stare at hi here Maybe you didn't realize it before, but Sottero threwYou're not the only one who's hurting I don't have to stay here and explain myself to you, and even if I did - from that look on your face - I don't think you'd believe me, anyway"
My leg throbs like it's on fire I look down and see an angry red gash showing through torn jeans Fuck It looks bad I start to ain I won't turn so sharp a second time The street is slicker than it looks
I have to get out of here I can't do this I feelto ash Oh God, the way he's looking at me like I stabbed him in the back I can't stand it I intend to ride aithout another hen Cole steps in front of the bike and puts his hands on the handlebars "Don't be stupid Anna It's raining! You already fell once"
"I'lare at hiht that it feels like the bone will snap I can barely part my lips to speak "Believe what you want, believe that I did it - that I pretended to fall in love with you - and that I'd do it again You kno much I love money, how much I want to ride the coattails of others to achieve my success That sounds just like me, doesn't it, Mr Stevens?
"Every inch offroo, was constructed to make you fall for me I'm a liar and a snake" I stand on my tip toes and lean closer to his face as I speak "I don't love you I never have Now, let go of my bike before I run you over"
Cole stands there shell-shocked Since I arrived, nothing I said to hi in his brain, but that did What I just saidI twist the handlebars hard, and yank therip Before Cole can speak, I throw the bike into gear and pull away I feel his eyes on ht
Chapter 2
Chapter 1
Anger is coursing through me in waves I can't control it I feel betrayed and utterly deci in lesto my body like a second skin Drenched hair is plastered to both sides offro my hair out while I walk Water spatters on the pavement The rain is slow and steady, barely ray and the sea churns behindthe waves crash into the shore
Riding in the rain is stupid I'et away from him The words Cole said were like lashes to my soul The way he looked at me, like I betrayed hi strides, slaraband pull it on Cole doesn't turn I knoon't move until he hears the motorcycle roar to life and fade into the distance
I secureoverI'll never see hih Sophia's web of lies There are too many secrets between us and now there's no way to fix therabs ontoto cave in I can't stand it I can't breathe
Shakingdownhold of the handlebars, I flip up the kickstand with ear My life sucks It doesn't see - with Sophia, with Cole, with Edward - oh, God! It never ends Every mistake strips away a confident piece of me and replaces it with a version of Anna that is jaded and hard She's notto h tainted scorn I want to crush Sottero I want to obliterate her for what she did I blink the rain water from my eyes and lower er knohat I want froht it would be My ideals are gone
Pressing hten, as I turn away from Cole I start down the driveway and turn onto the street I don't get far The engine revs harder than I intended and the back wheel starts to slide I' very fast, not yet, but the street is slick and the motorcycle is heavy I try to correct and lean into the skid, but it's too late Gravity has o A scream rips out of my throat and blasts every other sound to oblivion The bike comes down on top of me My hel is caught under the bike, andtorn apart as I skid to a stop I push on the bike, trying to get up, but I can't make it e
Before I know it, theI can't focus on hiers lift and touch my head I blink The helmet is still strapped in place Cole's voice echoes insideshouted in my face I shake my head and it clears Panic makes my heart pound harder
Cole is trying to lift me, but I won't let him
Suddenly, I' back, "I don't need your help!"