Beholden33

[Mature Content: No rape.]

"What do you know about love?" She asked, her lips thinning as his grip tightened around her neck.

"What do you know about hate, Sunshine?" He countered, his voice low and laden with intensity.

"What do you want from me?" She gasped, her eyes flickering with a mix of fear and defiance.

"Everything..." His breath was heavy against her skin as he drew closer, his lips finding hers with a softness that belied the intensity of his words. "I want you, your stubborn soul, your closed heart... I want to be by your side.... wreaking havoc on this miserable world just to have you, my desire."

...

Death. An entity as old as time itself, feared and revered in equal measure.

Sirius. Feared as though he were the devil incarnate, his name synonymous with danger and madness. Yet, against all odds, he fell deeply in love with a mere human.

Gwyneth, a woman whose every life had been marked by pain and loss. Each of her husbands meeting a tragic end at Sirius's hands.

Never did Gwyneth expect to reclaim the memories of her past life, vowing to avoid any entanglements that might bind her to another tragic fate. But when Sirius enters her life, determined to claim her as his own, she finds herself unable to escape his relentless pursuit.

The Reaper's Desire

Sirius stumbled back, clutching at the knife lodged in his neck. His eyes went wide with shock, his mind blank for a second.

Seeing him in such a state, Gwyneth immediately flung the door open, fleeing for her life.

"What in the devil's name goes on in that mind of hers?!" Sirius spat out blood, yanking the knife from his neck.

And he vanished, reappearing in an instant, materializing right before her eyes in the grim hallway, his sudden presence sending her into a tailspin of fear.

She screamed, her legs giving out beneath her, and she crumpled to the floor, her chest heaving with ragged breaths.

Sirius stared down at her, his expression grave and dark. Blood trickled from his neck, staining his clothes, and his eyes gleamed with maddened admiration that sent shivers coursing through her veins.

Just as she was about to scurry away, his squatting form came looming over her.

Trust