My arrival at the ceremony did not go unnoticed. I saw the way everyone looked at me as I stood behind June, my hand on her seat, the closest I would allow myself. To everyone, I was something sinister and dangerous, something that made bells of warning go off in all their heads.
But I didn’t care for what they thought because June turned to face me then, her eyes wide with surprise and fascination. This is the first time she’s ever looked at me, all of me. Without hiding, without the cover of the shadows, without the crowd in the way, and certainly not through the dark woods. It was just us at that moment. Only us.
In turn, my blackened eyes tore through June’s body like a sharpened blade, making my thoughts scatter and my insides burn with need.
June.
My June.
I momentarily forgot
