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My head made a knocking sound as it collided with the tough bark. Blood pounded in my ears. He wasn’t just pissed, he was livid.
Ivan leaned down until we were face to face, he wrapped more and more hair around his fingers until my scalp burned from the sensation of being pinned against the tree and pulled by his hand. “What, makes your blood better than mine?” His green eyes were so unfocused it was hard to breathe. “What makes you think it wouldn’t be so easy for me, to snap this pretty neck, to make it look like an accident? What makes you think,” He leaned in until his teeth grazed the skin below my ear. “That I won’t love it past the point of obsession, the sound, the feel, the loss of life in my hands, followed by the power? What makes you think you wouldn’t feel the same?” He pulled back, my hair slowly fell to my chest from his fingertips. “We’re all monsters Bella, all of us, you’re an even bigger idiot if you don’t believe that your family is any different than mine. The only difference is some of us own our rage—while others pretend it doesn’t exist. But go ahead, smile at mass, shake hands, nod at all the politicians, put on some lipstick, and show your ass, I’m sure that will hide everything, maybe even donate some money to charity, but in the end, you’re the one that has to look in the mirror Bella, you’re the one that has to come to terms with what you are. Ugly to the core. Just. Like. Me.”
My teeth clenched so hard my jaw ached, it probably looked like I was angry—but I was sad, so sad, that I was afraid that if I took a breath he’d pounce, he’d be able to tell, he always could when it came to me, he always predicted the broken moments and attacked when he could.
The same guy who saved me and kissed me was the same guy who would think nothing twice about killing me and believed I’d do the same thing.
The worst part, I thought, as I followed a few feet behind him to the parking lot.
He was right.
Monsters, after all, stick together.
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