Page 114 of Inevitable Destruction

“There’s no other option, Jame. This is it for me—for us. We were never meant to be more than what it was—which was nothing.” I exhale the smoke along with my words, watching as they both disappear into the night. My thumb rubs against the metal of the lighter, and my eyes fall closed as I conjure up one last mental image of Dominik before I push him from my mind for good.

My brain is still fuzzy from the alcohol pumping through me, making the image last longer than it should.

He’s on his back, legs spread as I hold them apart with my palms pressed against the back of his thick thighs. His long cock is twitching against his abdomen, milky-white precum oozing out, creating a small pool of liquid gold which I lather up with my tongue.

My tongue flicks over his happy trail, over the bruises I’ve sucked there, and he whimpers.

“You’re so fucking mine, beauty,” I mumble into his flesh as I devour every inch of him, my mouth scraping over every bone, every vein with divine reverence, ultimate need. Want.

Love.

I choke on the smoke in my lungs. Jamie’s radio squawks, the sound startling us both. She looks down at her hip before holding up her finger and walking to the cruiser. I watch as she jumps in the seat and puts her cell to her ear, the light on the roof illuminating her face.

Her mouth moves as she talks rapidly, a deep crease forming between her brows as her lips form a thin line. I finish my cigarette and shove my hands in my pockets, tearing my gaze away to stare up.

Maybe it’s time to move on, away from this town, these people, the haunting memory of my father and everything that follows.

I did what I set out to do. I destroyed Dominik Reed—and now I have nothing left.

There’s not enough distance in the world to keep us apart, not when we’re so irrevocably intertwined, but it can only help make the inevitable separation easier.

“Rhett—” Jame’s voice chokes out, and I look at her over my shoulder. Her expression is pinched as she wrings her hands together, her steps slowing the closer she gets.

I stand up straighter, pulling my arms out of my pockets to run my hand through my hair and tucking it behind my ear. “What happened?”

“Rhett, I—”

“What the fuck, Jame? Just say it. Did something happen to someone at the station? A car accident, a kidnapping? What’s got that stupid look on your face?”

Nothing.

And I mean nothing could’ve prepared me for what came next.

“Um, it’s, uh. So, don’t be mad at me, but I’ve been keeping tabs, okay? Because I love you, and I know how you are and just—don’t get fucking mad.”

“Jamie,” I growl, my blood pressure spiking, making my hands tremble at my sides.

“It’s Dominik. He’s in the hospital—”

The world falls away. Stars fall from the sky, shooting down in big balls of fire, disintegrating everything in their path.

Trees rip from their roots and crash to the earth, the weight cracking the earth’s crust, sending deep fissures through the ground as it splits open and fucking swallows me hole.

I’m drowning in the depth of the world around me—a world without Dominik.

A world I created for myself.

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