I brought my face closer to Oren’s. His jaw was tight. His big, beautiful brown eyes were glowing. His crooked smile drew me closer. I focused down into his lips then back to his eyes. He cupped my face gently and my lips found his. Our lips molded together. My hand traced up his neck and into his mess of curls. He wrapped his hands around my waist and pulled me on top of him. I gasped for more air with every kiss that came after. I let my eyes fall shut and brought my knee up.

Then a sharp pain shot across my leg and I screamed. I looked down at my leg to see blood flooding out of the wound. I look up at Oren, he held a bloody knife in his right hand. A smirk grew upon his perfect face. He used his free hand to tuck away a luscious brown curl that fell in between his eyes. I screamed in pain and grabbed my leg.

He came closer and to me as if he was going to comfort me. I crawled backwards on my elbows in agonizing pain.”Stay back!” I yelled at him.

His smiled dropped.” What’s wrong Elara? Are you afraid?”

He inched closer, a corner of his perfect, plump lips reached up into a little half-smile.

“Don’t touch me!” I screamed. I took the jacket I wore off and wrapped it tightly around my aching leg.

I crept backwards until I hit the wall then I froze. I looked into his eyes. They suddenly didn’t look so perfect. They looked evil, deadly. His crooked smile that I loved had turned into a sly smirk. His tight jawline had turned into the jawline of a villain.

“Elara-“ he started.

“No!” I sobbed,” just-just kill me now!” I was almost pleading at this point.

I looked into his killer eyes.” How could you? After everything we’ve been through. After everything we’ve done to get here.”

He flashed that sly smirk once again.

“Elara I did what I had to do to survive.”

“Don’t tell me that. What about me? Did you ever care about me?”

“You thought that didn’t you? The queen ordered me to keep an eye on you, make allies with you if I must. So that’s what I did. I made you believe that I was with you and that I loved you when I’m reality, I couldn’t care less about you.”

I stared at him in unbeleif.” So the plan was Always for me to die?”

“Elara I did was I had to do.”

Rage suddenly ran through me. I was angry beyond control. I was so idiotic. I really thought that Oren cared about me, j thought he loved me, and worse, I loved him. I loved every perfection and imperfection. I loved him more than anything in my life.

“Traitor!” I screamed at him.

“I’m not a traitor. I was never on your side.”

Then my world went black.