Dark Notes

You’re a bastard.”

“Keep going, Ivory. You’re not going to walk for a week

I want her to experience that kind of love again

Then I found something more meaningful than love and hate.”

I stop breathing, my eyes fluttering open. “What?”

“You.”

Gee, that sounds like torture.”

My lips twitch. Oh, it will be.

You’re insane.”

“You’re mine

There’s medication for that.”

“You’re the only drug I need.”

Tell me why you’re being punished.”

You’re mine, Ivory. That means your problems are mine. Your bills, your worries, your safety…” I kiss the corner of her mouth. “All of it belongs to me.”

She’s in my veins, fiery and weightless. She’s in my head, like a whisper of promises. She’s in my heart, softening it, mending it, and making it pump again.

“But you are. You’re worth it.”