50| Excites Me.

I was drowning in my nightmares that were suffocating me. I was in a box of sand, sinking, unable to catch my breath. Then out of nowhere, Konstatins' hands were snaking around my waist, and the cold chill of his gun glided over my shuddering body.

The sound of a door creaking open fills my ear canals as I look up and watch Sandro approaching us.

The foul scent of cigarettes, the whisper of Nicos' next line of threats, and the guard's goading ring in my ears as he egged them all on.

Leo's fists pound and pound… into a faceless figure that lies motionless on the ground.

Grunts filled with savage rage resonate through the air.

Fingers feather over my arm, and I am hauled upright with a sharp inhale.

Two liquid bronze eyes

with flecks of amber locked on mine, and soft hands pressing my shoulders down.

He smells like fresh snowflakes and almonds, and despite my terror; it's the best thing I have smelt in days.

Ragged breaths tear through my lungs as Amani leans over me with a look o