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CHAPTER ONE
“Let o, Jake You’re not like this” Desperation was in my voice
“Ivy, you have no idea what I’h above the trees It painted shadows across Jake’s face, highlighting his perfect contours My arms felt like lead, useless at my sides I couldn’t tell how he ensnared round, but nothing was there Pulling hard, unable totrapped Actually being trapped hing, rolling around on the grass
“I thought… I thought you wanted a kiss?” I asked
“I do want a kiss” Leaning closer, Jake eht spilled across his face, revealing his eyes I couldn’t look away My heart ha surrounded his norhtly to his irises It was like fire and blood, burning together And they were intently focused on one thing
Me
Panic shot throughwith your eyes?” I shivered, repressing the fear that crawled up my throat
He shifted, hovering above rin “I’m still me You can trust me, Ivy
I’ve wanted to kiss you for so long My ti was perfect”
“Ti?” I asked “I wanted you to kiss me since our first date And you wanted to wait So ait, then you baitwith you? Let o!”
He laughed softly, “God Ivy, I wasn’t sure about you at first, but I was right… You’ll get your kiss”
Terror flooded through me, “What do you want, Jake?”
“I’ll show you,” he leaned closer, grinning As his lips touchedpain The feeling of razor wire slid inside hhooks, all snagging my insides at once
I tried to scream, but Jake’s lips were pressed tothe kiss Adrenaline puhts splinter off into a dozen different directions, trying to find a way out The sensation cut deeper, as I writhed beneath him I desperately tried to think of a way to ease the pain, and did the only thing that wouldabout ould happen next
Sucking his lip into y warmth filled my mouth A warm trail spilled over , heto stop the flow of crimson
Trees creaked, snapping h the shadows hoping that someone was there But there was no one We were alone No one would save me
Jake returned fu “That was stupid, Ivy I would have been nice, and , I tried to break free Crushing lips metmy body It hooked into every inch of flesh anddeep into my bones Then he pulled the invisible razors Hard
The intense pain tore through me, and I was unable to stop hiony, as spots forure out as happening Logic didn’t have an answer, butMy soul,it out It didn’t slide away, loose like a ribbon, tied in a pretty bow It was attached to s—I learned—could be separated, but it hurt like hell
Releasing me from his kiss, Jake paused just before I passed out Oh God, he wantsit difficult to think Pain spindled in my muscles as they twitched uncontrollably Jake wiped the back of his hand across his bloodstained hted
I spit outIt had a weird tang thatI knew his blood covered my lips and washed across my face, but I couldn’t wipe it away
Hysterical sobs bubbled up fro hile word formed in my mind, and spilled over my bloody lips, “Why?”
His greedy smile vanished and his face contorted His beautiful features were skewed, showing no trace of the guy I knew Veins bulging, he spit, justmy face He snarled, “You’re one of the you around for nificant life Why would I waste my time with someone like you?”
Hatred flashed across my face “Why’d you wait? Why not just suck out o?” The words felt odd to say, but I knew they were true
“I had to wait for this to appear” Flicking a curl away froers touched the skin aboveYourat his lip, “It doesn’t el-kissed, blue bastard It’s your seventeenth birthday, and this happened Just like all the others” He leaned back laughing at me “The first twenty-four hours are a bitch You have no idea what you are, what you’re capable of, or why this happened to you” The corners of his rin “It’s the perfect time to kill you That’s why I waited And I’m usually kind of nice about it But you bitto make sure it hurts much oing to rip out your soul so fast that it cracks your bones”