You tried to push past him, your breath trembling as the night air pressed cold against your skin. “Please… just let me go. I don’t want this. I can’t.”

His hand slammed against the wall beside your head, caging you in. His eyes burned with something between fury and desperation. “You think I’m giving you up? After everything?”

You shook your head, voice breaking. “You’re dangerous. Being near you… it ruins everything.”

His lips curved, but it wasn’t a smile it was pain disguised as control. “Then be ruined with me.” He leaned in closer, his presence suffocating, terrifying, magnetic. “You’re scared of the consequences? Good. Stay scared. But don’t think for a second I’ll let you walk away.”