Chapter Twenty-Seven: The lurking beast within

Chapter 27

Song: Strangers by Kenya Grace

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Maya POV

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The knife was poisoned.

My eyes were wide as saucers as i stared at the cut and then back up at Malcolm who was staring down at me. His hair dropped over his eyes and with him being this close i was able to trace the bags beneath his eyes.

“It’s nothing that my body can’t handle.” he said but something about his tone was off, it was slurred and his eyes dropped.

He tried to moved past me but staggered and i reached out to hold his arms but failed and he pulled me down to the ground with me falling flat on his bare warm chest. The air was knocked out of me and as i raised my head i stared at Malcolm- his eyes were almost closed up and his hands were around my waist.

“You can’t stay on the bed like this.” I muttered but he wasn’t even moving at all, i leaned closer to him with my hair falling in my face, his eyes were barely opened and his breath was turning shallow. “Malcolm- i k