Page 32 of Her Dark Obsession

“AP Physics.”

“Do me a favor and keep this to yourself. I don’t need my family knowing about us,” she tells me.

“You think I want mine knowing?” I laugh. “I don’t want those assholes anywhere near you.”

Aurora pauses, her hand on the door. “You don’t like your family?”

“I love my family. Do I like everything they do? No. And what they’d do to you… Well, you don’t want that.”

“I mean, they could try. I’m not a weak little girl, Connor.”

“Oh, trust me, I’m well aware of that. I have stitches to prove it.” I point to my arm.

Aurora smiles proudly. “Yeah, you do. Thanks for… whatever this was. I’ll, ah, talk to you later.”

“Aurora.” I stop her before she walks out the door.

“Yeah?”

“No one else,” I tell her. Feeling the need to make that point sink in.

“Sure, whatever you say, Charming.”

“Charming?”

“Yeah, like Prince Charming. He woke up Sleeping Beauty. You, Connor, have woken me up.” She smiles and then walks out, leaving me wondering what the fuck she’s talking about.

What did I wake up?

I pull my phone out of my pocket and change her name to SB in my contacts. Sleeping Beauty, because she is my very own princess. I just hope I can protect her from all the evilness this world of mine is going to throw at her. No matter how strong Aurora insists she is, or how much she can take, I don’t want her to have to deal with any of it.

I just have to make sure no one finds out about us. Not yet anyway. Not until I can come up with a plan to keep her safe.

As I walk into my physics class, I notice Dante Valentino glaring at me from across the room. I smile back just to fuckwith him as I sit down. Then I unlock my phone screen and send Aurora a message.

Me:

Out of curiosity, how much would you kill me if I were to wipe that cocky smirk off your cousin’s face?

SB:

Which one?

Me:

Dante.

SB:

I poisoned my best friend at lunch today because she said something about my cousin I didn’t like. What do you think I’d do to someone who actually goes out of their way to hurt one of them?

My brows draw down. She poisoned her best friend? What the actual fuck? And then she just came and met up with me like nothing happened.

Me:

What’d you poison her with?

SB:

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