Avina St Graves

No one tells you what to do when the boy who shattered your heart comes back to steal it. Roman Riviera was my everything once upon a time. I found my knight in shining armor in the form of a fellow foster kid. He protected me and promised to stand by my side forever. But Roman Riviera is a liar. He left me with monsters. Three years later, I found him in the middle of the night, soaked in my family's blood and carving his initials into my foster brother's skin. He tied me up and dragged me away from the life I had made without him. I tried to run, but he chased me. I wanted to scream, but the sound never came out. He says that I'm never getting away from him. He says he's back for good. I don't believe him.

Skin of a Sinner

Dont worry. If you break, I’Il put you back together. If you run, I'm running right behind you. If you burn, I’II burn with you.

I can't lose you. You know those cliché sayings that you're the first thing I think about when I wake up and my last thought when I fall asleep? It's true. You're always on my mind. Constantly. There isn't a minute that goes by when I'm not wondering what you're doing, or if you're okay, or thinking about me as much as I think about you. 

I've spent every day of the past three years trying to get back to her. I thought she'd be happyy to see me. She's mneant to be happy to see me.

"What have you done, Roman? What-what is this? What are you-I can't do this. I can't do this."

Roman. Roman. Roman. Roman. That's not my name, not to her. It sounds wrong on her tongue-feels wrong-like she's talking about a stranger, not the person who hasn't left her side in fourteen years. The very same person who has made sure she was warm and fed and never felt alone or afraid. The one who would do anything for her.

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