Page 195 of Beyond the Blue Horizon
Every harsh, ferocious line was etched in shadows and secrets.
Wind lashed through his black hair and those eyes struck like black flames in the pitch of the night.
The man was written in menace and peril.
Dangerous.
I’d known it. I’d known it.
And I’d let him steal my stupid heart anyway.
I knew it when I felt it breaking anew.
The fractured pieces that had barely been held together fully splintering apart.
“Let me go,” I wheezed. I jerked and thrashed and tried to break free.
He only tightened his hold. “Piper, listen to me.”
“No. I don’t want to hear it. Just let me go. I won’t tell anyone. I promise. Please just let us go.”
Theo’s jaw clenched. “I would never fuckin’ hurt you, Piper. Never.”
I whimpered. “You…you killed them. I…”
I wanted to rein the words back in. Maybe if I didn’t bring them out into the world, they wouldn’t be reality.
Only a figment of my messed up, traumatized mind.
As if I was taken back to that horrible night.
Blood.
So much blood.
I couldn’t suppress the chaos that flooded from my tongue. “You…I saw you. I saw you.”
And somehow, I knew the police wouldn’t be coming.
I knew these sins were done in the dark.
Theo was a criminal.
A…murderer.
My mind spiraled as fast as my spirit.
Alicia. The little girl. The way Theo had seemed to freak out when they came outside so Lucy could play in the snow.
What was happening?
Air ripped from my faltering lungs.
Theo tightened his hold, and he dragged me closer to the raging fire of his body. “Need you to listen to me, Piper.”
My eyes squeezed closed as if I could guard myself from his plea.
“Please.” The word he released was gravel.
