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“You like talking in monosyllables and giving orders, don’t you?”
“Give them back.”
“Bossy. Told you I love it.”
“Don’t make me repeat myself or so help me God…”
He jumps in my space so fast, I flinch, my whole body lurching back so he doesn’t touch me.
That manic look in his eyes rushes to the surface, all bright and destabilizing. Like a lethal storm.
“What? So help you God, what? What are you gonna do? Don’t leave me in suspense here.”
He pushes into me with every word until his naked chest heaves against mine. A dash of unknown emotions explodes and spreads through me.
It’s stifling and wrong.
Like nausea 2.0. Only, much worse.
You know what? He can keep the AirPods. I’m not wearing that pair again anyway.
I step back and he steps forward, his chest still glued to mine, his heart thumping in an irregular rhythm.
Or is that mine?
Not waiting to find out, I whip around and run.
I have no idea where I’m going or if I’m keeping with my usual route as I sprint between the trees.
I run fast.
As fast as I can.
Until my muscles protest and my lungs heave.
That black ink is rushing after me in long swirls and sharp strokes. Imaginary hands grab onto my shirt and pull.
My breathing is cracked and wrong.
No.
You’re in control. You’re always in control, remember?
Always.
And yet I sway as those hands clutch, twist, tug, and—
A hard object crashes against my back and I’m shoved over so suddenly, I fall headfirst against the ground.
I cough and heave against the dirt, my lungs burning and my vision blurring.
Hot breaths warm my ear before the very familiarly irritating voice whispers, “Don’t run away from me, lotus flower. This is the second time you’ve done it, the third if we count the initiation. I’m kinda hurt.”
I release a puff of air, relishing the fact that I did not get caught by my twisted imagination.
But that leads me to the realization that Nikolai is on top of me.
Again.
