Papillon

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Millie</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My world ended long before 2012 began. For years I've been trapped inside a glass jar. I have scars beyond repair demons I don't know how to silence. Grief that won't heal.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've straddled the line between life and death since I was fifteen. And for the last six months I've prayed for the apocalypse to end me. It never came. So tonight I'm taking matters into my own hands for the last time.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But then I meet him.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A beautiful stranger.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Part of me is angry that he's imposed on my plans but the other part? The other part thinks that maybe I should allow myself some fun for a few days and at the very least I might leave this place a little more peaceful.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Zain</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Death has one rule: never fall in love with a mortal.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've never been in danger of that happening. My job is to nurture and prepare lost souls for rebirth.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But then I meet her.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A strange beauty.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've watched her for nine years. From the first time she tried to take her own life at the tender age of fifteen and through every failed attempt since.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've watched her grow from an ordinary colourless girl to a rare creature of delicate exquisite beauty.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This summer solstice I plan to make her my pet before I can finally guide her soul to its rightful place-the underworld.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Content Note</strong></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Papillon is an 18+ gothic romance novella. This book contains sexual scenes kink/fetish content drug use and strong language. Reader discretion is strongly advised. This is a dark read. A full content note can be found in the front matter of the book.</em></p>