Alya ( 20 comments restriction )

“He’s not the green flag I mistook him for, but he’s not entirely red either. He’s a mixture of colors, and I’m growing attached to all of them. The red, the green, the black. All.”
― Rina Kent, Beautiful Venom

“You will be tested. You’ll be pushed to your limits. And you’ll be asked to offer your body and soul at the altar of demented people. If you refuse, you’re out and banished for life. If you don’t prove to be willing to be used for Vencor, you’ll be sabotaged until you escape the country or shoot yourself. And if you betray Vencor, no one will find your bones. Are you sure you still want to participate? Sometimes, being an outsider is much safer than being a blood-bound insider.”
― Rina Kent, Beautiful Venom

“I thought if I chopped off the branches, it’d all be over, but I failed to realise that she left her roots somewhere I didn’t know existed.”
― Rina Kent, Beautiful Venom

“If…” She swallows thickly, her eyes searching mine despite the subtle fear lurking beneath the light yellow. “If I offer myself, will you protect me?” “No.” She flinches, her body turning stiff, and I should probably release her. I don’t do that, though. Even as her heat mingles with mine, sending the wrong signals to my cock. “Why not?” she asks. “I don’t get emotionally attached to the people I fuck.”
― Rina Kent, Beautiful Venom