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“Training’s done for today. You guys can go rest. Zephyr?” I glanced toward him, and he lifted his eyes to me. He nodded in response, understanding my meaning. He’d been hesitant to really talk with Cassie, to get to know her more, but he needed to. Elena’s loss had been painful to endure for him as well. For while Elena was my mate, she was his sister.
If only she knew I didn’t call her my moon as a simple term of endearment. She was truly the light in my life, the light in the darkness guiding me forward. She’d named me her sun, without whom she could not glow as brightly in the darkness.
“I’m scared of hurting him more than he already has been, of breaking him more when he’s already been broken enough.” I already knew what she was going to say the moment the words passed through my lips.
“If only I could find the words to express that it’s me who’s the lucky one—to have finally found you again.”
“I love you, mea sol, and to be at your side means more to me than you will ever know,” I said, softly, as my eyes slid shut.
Moira, For too long, have these Kyrios gone without the rule of a queen. Prove to these males that, though beautiful, you are lethal.
“We’ve all got your back, Cas,” Zephyr said with a striking calm. “Always.” The tone in his voice was like a vow, like I’d never even had to ask it. I knew they’d always be there for me... no matter what.
“Fates spare me...”
Damien lowered himself to whisper in my ear. “You bow to no one here.” I stiffened, gripping his hand, and nodded. I had to remind myself that while this was The Council, and these were the heads of great houses of powerful immortals, I was mate to their lord, to their king. I was their demigoddess. I was their… queen.
She didn’t waver, her head held as proudly as any of her past lives had done, and I wanted to kiss her. My mate. My queen. Mine, and mine alone.
“I’m yours,” I whispered back when he couldn’t bring himself to say another word, our breaths mingling. His hands slid down to my hips, and I gasped as he gripped me. “Gods, I love hearing you say that,”
“I guess I can grace you with my presence, my king,” I said in a teasing tone, pulling free of his arms. Damien grabbed my hand, pulling me against his chest with such force that I nearly gasped. His forehead pressed to mine, eyes molten. “Ok, that, mea luna, is very distracting.”
“No matter how little time we have left, I’d rather spend it together as a mated pair, as one. Nothing would ever change that.”
“Until the end of everything. Until the sun burns up and the moon crumbles to dust. I will always love you. I will always be at your side. I will always be yours.”
“Kat, we need to get out of here, no—” Kat released my arm and brushed past Cody, and my heart lurched as I reached for her, coming up short as she spoke, her voice calm and relaxed. “You’re late, Cole.”
