Page 49 of Marked By Him

He’d fucked me like a savage.

He’d fucked me like he couldn’t go deep enough, couldn’t go hard enough.

He’d fucked me like he was pouring every ounce of pain from his body into mine.

That, combined with the ceremony I’d witnessed, was enough to make anyone run. But I craved more. No more running. Not unless he was chasing me.

Time seemed endless as I waited for him to come back.

The moon cast a silver glow over the room.

The house was silent.

There was no chanting outside the window.

There were no footsteps creaking on the stairs.

Whoever said silence is golden was wrong. Silence was lonely. There was no louder sound than silence when you were waiting for your heart to come home.

Roman was more than any man I’d ever known. He led his people with courage and strength, leaving no room for uncertainties. I knew this because not long ago, I was an uncertainty. He sacrificed his own emotions in order to keep the wall standing—the one around the community and the one around his heart. He kept moving, kept breathing, even after his world had been ripped apart.

He was a tortured beast, trapped in the cage of his own heartbreak, and I wanted to be the one to set him free.

If he makes it back.

My heart lodged in my throat.

He promised he would.

He’d wandered into the darkness with no idea who else was out there,whatelse was out there.

I’d lived through a lot of things. Hardship. Doubt. Goodbyes.

People came and went. That was the way of a world ruled by beings who didn’t value human lives.

I’d met people and wasn’t afraid of losing them because I knew that loss was inevitable.

But this? Right now?

Thinking I may never see Roman again terrified me. It gutted me to the point of stealing my oxygen. Panic suffocated me.

I can’t do this without him.

In a matter of days, he’d injected himself into my bloodstream.

He was my virus.

I couldn’t lie here and do nothing. I wouldn’t do nothing.Like I did with my parents.

I tore the covers back and the cool air rushed over my bare skin.I’m still naked.

And then the front door opened. Heavy footfalls took the stairs one at a time.Thump. Thump. Thump.

My heart jackhammered.

He’s home.

He was safe.

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