Page 107 of Paint the Town, Dove
“He kissed me,” I said aloud. “He kissed me.”
“Okay?” Tav questioned. “Nothing new.”
“We’ve never…”
“I don’t need to hear ‘bout the teenage love story, Scarlett. We’ve got to figure out our next steps.”
“Next steps,” I muttered, “next steps what?”
Voices filtered out of the doorway, some new, some old.
“Where did she… where did she go?” I asked, pressing my fingers to my lips, floating over to the wall.
“She’s bein’ held by security right now. Pretty catatonic. Tried to hold her back the first time, you know, she was insistent.”
“Why,howcould you let her in?”
“I don’t –” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “Christ, Scarlett, I didn’t know the extent of the history.”
It’s not your fault, it’s not your fault, it’s not your fault. I wanted to say it. I did. But my eyes kept drifting to the spot where Ryden held me, where he kissed me…
Where he tucked whatever joy he had left –
And threw it off the cliff.
I sunk to the concrete.
“What’s wrong with her?” Mallory asked.
More hands. More faces. More people.
“He kissed me,” I whispered, eyes closing to the night.
I had dreamed about this moment for so long… but not like this.
Ryden, my protector, my other half, myEagle–
He kissed me –
To say goodbye.
Set Number 02
“Fall”
“anything that was worth doing was worth overdoing”
- Steven Tyler
New York Post
Rock Star Gone Rogue?
By: Gladis Roberts & Kendrick Avalanti
Published December 3rd, 2024
Ryden Spectre, the crowned jewel of the rock star industry… Has he gonerogue?
