Kweenie

Cage fighter and brother to the devil of Finridge, Leo Woo is no stranger to the dangers of the underground. 

Elementary schoolteacher and the daughter of two adoring mothers, Sunniva Wallace is as kind and pure as they come. 

One wouldn't assume that two polar opposite individuals would have ever crossed paths, let alone that Leo was Sunniva's first student. 

Twist and turns and family drama ensues as the two meet again years later in a local grocery store.

What a curse it is to love the Sun.

Cursed by the Sun

She turns her AC on and I enjoy the cool breeze on my damp skin. 


I feel ill at the memory of Leo's desperate face and my cold dismissal. 


In truth I was trying not to break down in tears the entire time at the table. 


I don't want this, any of it. I just want him but the self-respect I scrapped up from Freddy's kitchen floor is begging me not to give into the urge of running back into his arms. They're so big and warm and there's no safer place I know on the planet but I need to do this. I need to stay strong for the sake of myself and my aching heart. 


Is what Leo's brother said so casually at the dining table. As if it was the simplest task to complete. As if human lives means nothing in his world, in their world. All of them nodded in obedience unbothered by the demand of their 'leader'. 


Chapter 73