Rain of Shadows and Endings (Legacy, #1)

by Melissa K. Roehrich

“He fed me pizza, so he automatically ranks higher than you on that action alone,” she retorted, stepping back when he stepped forward again. She felt a growl emanate from deep in his chest as he muttered, “This fucking mouth of yours is going to be the death of me.” “You sure seem obsessed with my mouth tonight.”

“I want everything you have to give, and then I want more. I want every piece of you— every secret, every tempest raging in those stormy eyes. I want all your fear and all your pain, all your smiles and all your laughter. I want all your mornings and all your nights, all your days and months and years.”

“I will have them. Even if it takes our entire lifetime together, you will give them to me. Each and every piece. You can hate me for it, but it won’t change it.” “You will take everything from me?” she asked, her voice barely audible. “I will. I want it all.”

“And if I don’t want you in my head?” she whispered back. “I am praying to any god that will listen that you will feel differently by that point,” he answered. “How unfortunate for you the gods can’t hear those pleas. And if they can, there’s nothing they can do about them.”

“No one can steal your thunder if you are the storm,” he replied, stretching a hand toward her. “Be the fucking storm, Tessa.”