“As for me, well—you will always be the ruler of my heart.”“You cannot know that,” she said. “I have...

“As for me, well—you will always be the ruler of my heart.”

“You cannot know that,” she said.

“I have waited lifetimes for you,” he said like it was an oath he was swearing upon every star in the sky, upon every drop of water in the ocean, upon every soul in the entire universe. “I know it.”