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January 13 - January 14, 2024
It had been twenty thousand, one hundred and sixty minutes since she had left, and I had counted every single one.
She had screamed so loud it had burst my eardrums.
I stared at the empty night sky, watching her dark wings beat across the sky, her sleek form disappearing into the roiling clouds. Away from me. “You promised,” I whispered as the sirens continued to wail.
Liam died with whatever part of Dianna’s heart fractured that night.
“When I burn this world to embers, and you paint me as the villain, remember, I really did try to be good… once.”
“You have taken someone from me with your actions—someone very precious to me. And now you have helped a lunatic corrupt her already damaged heart, shattering it into a million pieces. They are pieces I will pick up and fix, but what you have done is unforgivable. I plan to make you suffer for that transgression. Death would be a kindness, and you deserve none.”
Years of war had steeled my stomach to gruesome atrocities, but seeing her so casually holding the head of Ethan’s wife in her palm had my gut twisting.
right now, regardless of the bloodshed, one simple truth rang true. I missed her so godsdamn much.
She is still the girl who likes flowers and pretty gifts from overbearing god kings. She is sweet, kind, funny, and loves with her entire being. That’s why she is like this. She’s hurt. She’s in pain. If you love her, truly love her, don’t give up. True love is worth it. It’s worth fighting for. Remember that.”
“Did it help you come, or are you still deprived, my Dianna?”
“Look at that. Gods do know how to bow.” “If you wanted me on my knees, Dianna, all you had to do was ask. You know that.”
I spun. “How many times do I have to set you on fire, drop a building on you, or stab you before you leave me alone?” “After what you just did?” He didn’t even look phased as he shrugged a single shoulder. “At this point, I’m starting to think the violence is foreplay for you.”
We swore that no matter what happened, we would try to bring her back because if Samkiel loved her, she was also ours.
“That’s your plan?” Imogen sneered below me. I had landed to protect her in case the building fell next. It was not her fault, nor would I let anyone in my family get hurt for me. Never again. “Lie and piss her off about us?” “I needed to see.” “See what? Pure blinding rage?” Imogen asked. I lifted off of her and stood, offering her my hand. “If she is still my girl.”
My second thought was I had never really counted the number of floors we had in this building until I fell through each and every one of them.
We can do this dance until this world burns and the next takes its place, but I will still choose you.”
“Do it.” I angled the tip of her blade above my heart. “If you are truly gone, I refuse to live in a world without you, so you’ll have to angle it farther to the right. That’s where a god’s heart lies, and mine already belongs to you, so do with it what you will.”
Another roar split the sky, and small rocks rained from the ceiling. “It’s Dianna. I think she is working through her problems.”
“You’re a fool if you think I would be happy in a world where you did not exist.”
loved the whole ‘she’s mine’ comment,” Cameron said, launching another triangle at Xavier. “So hot, it even made me hard.”
“Do you always flirt with homicidal killers?” His smile was bright, making him impossibly more gorgeous, and a part of me ached. “Only the really pretty ones.”
My lips twisted in a smirk. “You’re cute when you’re homicidal.” He made a noise low in his throat. “Do not be mean, then flirt with me.” “Why? It’s our whole dynamic.”
“But if you don’t come back, I’ll have to destroy the world or do something drastic, and who is going to clean up that mess?”
