Rayline The door suddenly opened behind me, and I had no energy to look at it. But I could hear the door close again followed by a movement, and when I opened my eyes and turned my head, I saw Darren already by my side. "Hey," he gave me a sad smile. "Hey," I replied quietly as I lowered my gaze to my lap, the ring still on my finger. Then he took a seat, and as he sat down, I felt a coat draped over my body. "You will catch a cold, Ray, if you keep sitting here." I just gave him a small smile, but I kept my gaze from its position. "That gift," he said in hushed tones, "was from Cole, wasn't it?" "Yeah," I answered quietly, almost in a whisper. "It was." After a brief moment, Darren let out a frustrated sigh before finally turning his face to the dark sky, and I glared at him. "What a fucking prick." "Huh?" I was perplexed by what he said. "Cole." My eyes remained on him but he remained silent. "He leaves you like that for weeks, and just when you're getting better, he sends

Rayline What happened next was that I'm not sure what overcame me completely; maybe it was the deep look in his eyes, or something else, but I leaned down and kissed him, my eyes were closed this time. We both started off slowly, his soft lips gently touching mine, but after a while, I lifted my body to straddle him. It could be seen from the way he tensed that he did not expect any movement from me, but his hands then rested on my hips as we both matched the rhythm. Both my hands grabbed his neck to pull him closer, and I could feel the soft touch of his fingers starting to trace my back. I gasped as my hands ran through his hair, and slowly his tongue slipped into my mouth with a low moan. He started to explore my mouth as I sucked on his lips, but during it all, I started to hear a voice playing in my mind. 'Ray.' I kept kissing him, pressing myself into his chest, and his hands went down to my waist. 'Ray.' Again. It was the same voice I heard when Nicolas held my hand. 'R

Rayline I walked through the forest with carefully measured steps, while stepping on fallen branches and twigs. Winter was over now, the trees there were dried up, brownish in color, and already dying. It looked so bleak, but it would just make it easier for me to get to my destination. As I reached the end of the tree line, my eyes started tracing the empty ground while leaning against a tree, my fingers rubbing the bark as I sighed. It's been a few weeks since I have come here again, it must have been very tough to get here with all the snow piled up. Besides, I also knew that he would not be there. Indeed, he was never there. However, I still had a little hope and faith that he would be there, even if it was an impossible thing. I started walking on the grass, the ground crunching with every step I took. It was as if all life had been sucked out of the area and replaced with a layer of gray that covered everything in sight. I continued walking towards the cliff wall overlooking

Rayline As I slowly opened my eyes, my mind was in a daze as I tried to look around. It was dark here. I could barely see anything, but I could still hear the faint sound of crickets. I tried to move my body, but my hands were tied behind my back. I looked around once more and realized that I was sitting against a tree, so I started to straighten up as I happened to remember that Silas had knocked me out earlier. Then I started to get to my feet, but I instantly halted when I saw a man sitting in front of me on a piece of wood. "Oh, look who's up now," Silas grinned at me and I narrowed my eyes. "W-where are we?" My eyes glanced around to find out, but it was just a forest. "Hiding, for now. We are waiting for the orders." Then he started to get up and I looked at him fiercely. My only guess was that he was telling the truth when he said they were working for someone else, so it was not entirely them who just wanted Cole dead... but someone else was the one who set it up. Someon

Rayline "Thank you," Darren said as Cole started to stand up and stepped away from him, nodding his head. "I'm next, please," Taylor said from the ground, while I just watched from the couch as Cole stepped closer and started healing all of Taylor's wounds. On the other hand, I could not take my eyes off him, part of me still wondering if this was real. I did not even want to let go of his hand when I came back to Taylor's house. Throughout the flight with him, I could only remain silent. Hell, I did not even know where to start. I caught sight of his face as he focused on the wounds that were closing on their own. His hair was longer now, dangling in front of his eyes as he looked at Taylor, and I noticed that he also looked more buff, even though he was already muscular before. But now that his body was so obviously ripped it made him that much more delicious. Then I quickly shook my head at my silly thoughts. He straightened up and walked over to Jesse on the couch. He took a