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PROLOGUE
DOMINIK LEWIS
Isn’t it funny how in a single moment, you can meet a stranger who was once just a speck in your universe, and suddenly they become your everything?
I never believed in that shit.
Not until I met her.
Not until she utterly transformed my entire existence.
An obsession so lethal that even I didn’t stand a chance against it.
We all start out as strangers, and more often than not, we drift back into the same void, ending up as strangers once more. Promises and plans for the future wash away, becoming meaningless until they’re forgotten.
Yet, when it comes to her, it has always been different.
It will always be different.
A type of connection that refuses to fade into darkness because she’s in my fucking veins.
In the depths of my soul.
Our story isn’t something I can ever erase, and I was foolish to think I was stronger than us. That we would ever be anything less than meaningful.
I was stupid to believe that I could forget about her.
There are moments in life that define us and reshape us in irreversible ways. Carving patterns into our souls while changing the course of our futures. Some of these moments appear inconspicuous, like rain tapping against glass on a cloudy day. While others overcome the confines of time itself. In those rare instances, it feels like someone pressed pause, allowing us to simply exist and enjoy a glimpse of total happiness. Other moments are harrowing, leaving a crack so deep that nothing can ever mend the initial impact. Those ones shatter through you, breaking down every barrier and wall you have worked to put up.
These moments have shaped my life. Likely, yours as well. They made me into the person I am today. The same man standing here, watching the girl I love with everything I am, slip away.
But nothing lasts forever. Isn’t that what they say? The good, the bad, and the ugly…it all passes eventually.
Then how come this desire, pursuit—this need to claim her—has never passed?
This obsession with my best friend’s little sister has consumed me for so long. It’s made me do things I’m not proud of, hurt people I love, break promises I intended to keep. This spiraling obsession has turned me into an animal. Someone I hardly recognize.
And for what? To end up losing her all over again?
The damage is done.
I can’t turn back time, or fix this mistake…or even attempt to say something that would erase the pure disgust and shock from her face.
I broke her because I couldn't walk away, consumed by an unyielding hunger. It all replays in my mind like a busted record player. Her frail figure hidden in my closet. My box of secrets open and exposed out on the floor. The mixture of shock and revulsion etched across her face as she stared down at the contents in her hands.
“How could you?” Her whisper was barely audible.
There is no coming back from this, is there? Because I’ve ruined everything again.
But that can’t be how we end.
It won’t be how we end.
She can despise me. Push me away, run from this…she can try to hide, but I won’t allow it.
I will always chase after her.
If I can’t escape this, then she can’t escape me.
