Status Updates From A Heart Of Bitter Poison

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“I love you, Lu. My beautiful, otherworldly, magical goddess Lu,” he whispers.  Love. He says it so easily, like it’s both a privilege and a relief. Like tossing an injured bird to the sky and watching it disappear into the distance, healed and wild and free. And though I can’t say it back, he doesn’t seem to mind. Even just knowing he’s content with waiting draws a little more of the venom from my heart

“What the…what are you, a fucking cat bringing home birds now?” Ashen lifts a shoulder. “I thought you’d be hungry.” “So you went and got me takeout? And severed his spinal cord?” Ashen looks down at the crying man with about as much interest as if he were looking at a rock. “You said once that things got messy when you didn’t sing. I just thought I would make it a little cleaner for you.”

“The worst thing was that I never told you I love you, Lu. I should have told you when you trusted me with your voice for the first time… I should have said it over and over until I was sure you would never doubt it. You would have known I was coming for you. That no matter what happened, I would find a way to get you out. That I would give up anything for you.”

A sardonic smile creeps through my lips as I take a step toward Davina. “What, you’re going to say it’s love that broke him? That’s horseshit. If he loved me, he would have fought for me.” For the first time, I see a flash of flame in Davina, a dark amber spark buried deep in her pupils. “He did, in the only way he knew he could win.” My smile slips away. I sweep my gaze across her face…

Ashen could lean a little closer, just a few more inches, and our lips would press together. The kiss would be fierce with all this longing that churns in my chest. Or I could tear his neck apart with my teeth, take all the blood I can drink and stab him right in the heart, sending him back to the Shadow Realm.