"I feel like you will ruin me one day, Angelica." His voice was hoarse.



His forehead came to rest against mine.



"But why do I want to be ruined so badly?" He breathed.

~~

He was lightning and thunder, frightening, but so magnificent.

I was a hurricane, lost and in search of purpose.

When we met it was like a collision of two catastrophes.

But who knew chaos could be so beautiful, so addicting.

And for a moment, he made me forget the destruction that is inevitable when two storms collide.

When Storms Collide

Sebastian shook his head forcefully. /"My men had clear instructions that they were to take you back to the safe-house unharmed no matter what happened to me./"

I gritted my jaw in frustration. /"Do you really believe that the men working for your family would have given a shit about me if you were dead?/" I shook my head.

/"And even if they did manage to get me to the safe-house what do you think your uncle and Lucian would have done to me with you gone?/" I demanded.

In his heart he knew I was right but the anger and frustration he was feeling were clouding his judgment.

/"I need you to promise me that you will never risk your life for me again?/" Although his voice was soft there was unmistakable desperation behind it.

I didn't say it out loud but the way his shoulders stiffened and his whole body recoiled from mine, I could tell that he'd heard me.

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