His Halo is a Lie

owel slipped off her body. Not even in the elevator, when it gl

into my penthouse. The door clicks shut behind us, just as Lucio

ding on fire, and planning ways to get back at them

e floor. And her lips...the way they parted slightly, her eyes wide open, l

vast living area. Sliding onto the stool, I retrieve my favorite bottl

has been dropped into another universe. She probably has, because a

ons, her voice finally pie

ss slowly, bringing the rim to my lips. "

I would have still been in there by now, eating popcorn with my best friend and seeing some c

I breathe. My windows don't cave in easily, and I sure as hell do not li

like, but at least my apartment felt like

onal touch, save a few artworks lining the white walls. The black couch blends perfectly

mall sip and letting the heat burn my throat.

r limbs quiver as she moves towards the wall on one side. Maya is scared, but she has grown so used to hi

't even be thinking

r her, standing naked by the window, her towel in a pool at her feet. She has the body

th the rest of my dark memories,

ively, I take anoth

anding by the image. "Snatch women from th

nk you are

his, then? Why did you come into my apartment the night you got

estions I ca

. "When I grabbed your hands and pulled you with me, you didn

ou have

today when you asked me to leave.

tzed into my life and set everything I knew on fire. Because I know that I have now

her. "You h

ng her head. I am not offering

I don't need to look to know it's Lucio calling. I instructed

, I retrieve my phone

nutes after we left. We haven't been able to ID him yet,

one into her apartment last night. Now, I have made her a t

e hallway, my half-finished brandy still in my hand.

ai

her voice caus

happen

er. She is standing in front of the ceiling-to-wi

sorbed into