
<p>Ally </p><p>Guilt had me wrapped inside her cloak like a black fog.</p><p>Death and her poison consumed me day in and day out.</p><p>The vortex of grief captured my soul.</p><p>Until....</p><p>Temptation is dangled before me, enticing me to taste. Will it be sweet or sour?</p><p>Should I walk away or chance finding the love which will shatter my dark secrets and bring me back into the light? The love which could make my broken soul whole again. </p><p>Could this be the lifeline I so desperately need to pull me from the pit of despair and the drowning rapids of her disgust and disapproval?</p><p>Could he be the one to breathe new life into me?</p><p>Xavier</p><p>Family.</p><p>Ink.</p><p>My brothers.</p><p>Sand.</p><p>Surf.</p><p>Everything that matters.</p><p>My weakness - emotion.</p><p>My mother is my world and as her memory fades, my inked exterior is shattered.</p><p>My mind is sucked into a vortex of darkness with no thought of ever finding love.</p><p>Love means only pain - the pain I see every day in my father's eyes as his soul mate slowly slips away.</p><p>Then.......</p><p>Like lightning on a summer's day, I'm blindsided.</p><p>She was there before me, so near but so far. My fingers twitched to touch her. My arms ached to hold her.</p><p>Could this be the soul I needed to help me breathe in this world?</p><p>Could she be the one to take away the pain?</p><p>If you found someone who could help you breathe, could you give that up?</p>
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258
Publication Date:
2018-06-23
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