54: Poison

Kirsty knew that what she felt for the Cenobite Lord was different from anything she could have imagined. The kind of love that she had for him was difficult to describe in one word. But if she could use one word, then the closest that came to mind for her was poisonous.

The feelings and desires she had for him would course through her veins like venom, striking her down bit by bit, making her weaker but at the same time, helping her to become stronger for a future he wanted for her to be a part of.

He wanted her not because he saw her as a prize or another naïve soul, but because he saw her for the intelligent, strong, resourceful woman with a dark side that she was.

Kirsty knew it; she did have her own dark side, a poisonous side to her that both scared and excited her. He brought out something in her that no one else could. It was a part of her that made her feel strong.

If he could make her feel strong, then he surely couldn't be the poison she had always thought him to be.