Page 56 of Killian De Luca

My eyes go to Malcolm as he watches his daughter with a smile on his face. Lia is holding his arm while also smiling, both of them proud of their daughter.

Malcom asked me how the mission went, and I told him the truth. She’s doing great but she needs more work. She’s too oblivious but she has determination. She just needs more training is all.

I could have killed Malcom then and there or even now to make it all dramatic, but I’m prolonging it.

I’m prolonging it because of the time I want to spend with Reign.

I needed to find a way to make sure I can have Reign no matter what in the end.

You won’t.

Maybe I should tell Reign everything.

I need to tell her about her Star, me killing her dad, the accidental fire at the warehouse, how this story will end.

But I also have my dad to worry about. That momfucker won’t stop blowing up my phone like a whiny little bitch.

When Reign walks up to me, my mind goes blank, and I feel the beating of my heart slow down after the constant overthinking. “Does Killian De Luca want to give me the first dance of the night?” she asks with a teasing smirk on her face. I grab her hand and let her pull me towards the middle of the room. “All The Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA playssoftly through the speakers. Reign puts her arms around my shoulders, and I place my hands on her waist. “You weren’t kidding about the number of people here.”

Another thing I like about Reign is that she isn’t afraid of getting what she wants when the public looks at her. She is confident in front of everyone with everything she does and asks.

But when it’s with people she’s close to, she shows her true self and I love how she’s able to do that with me.

It makes me know that she is safe enough to be vulnerable with me.

“They’re here for a reason.”

“It’s just a birthday.” Reign rolls her eyes playfully. “Can I ask you another question?”

“Why?” I furrow my eyebrows at her.

“Because I can’t keep kissing someone that I don’t know anything about.”

But you just happen to know some of my secrets that no one knows or would dare ask of me.

“Only if I get one question in return.”

Reign nods her head. “Deal.”

“What’s one thing you want to do before you die?”

Reign big blue eyes burn a hole in my soul if that’s even possible.

Those big blue eyes keep fucking me over.

“I want to be able to impact someone’s life in a drastic way or I want to be able to know what it feels like to be in love. Like the true love you read about in books or see in Disney movies.”

And that’s why I’m scared of her. Because of stupid shit she says like that, that is impossible for me to give her. “Why don’t you want to be loved?”

I lick my lips and almost lie but what’s the point?

At the rate I’m going, I’m truly fucked.

But I think I always knew that and didn’t care.

A new thing I want to experience before I die is being loved by Reign Pierce.

“Because it will be easier in the end.”

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