Pulse of the Monster

Rocco's POV

Because you matter to me more than you should. Because the thought of losing you makes me want to burn the world down. Because I would bleed a thousand times before I let anything happen to you.

But I could not say any of that. Not yet. Not when she was still looking at me like I was the enemy.

So I did what I always do, pushed it down, hid behind the walls I had built, and gave he