Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

by Rebecca Yarros

“But I’m begging you, Violet. Don’t offer me your body unless you’re offering me everything. I want you more than I want to fuck you. I want those three little words back.” I stare at him, my mouth dropping open slightly. He’s not asking to hear that I want him. He wants to hear that I love him. “It’s new territory for me, too.” He rakes his hands through his hair. “No one is more surprised than I am, trust me.” “I’m sorry, but weren’t you the one last year who said we could have all the sex we wanted as long as we kept feelings out of it?” I fold my arms across my chest. “See? Fucking fool.” He looks up at the rough-beamed ceiling like it has the answers. “Last year, I would have used any method it took to win you back, but for those three days you were unconscious, all I did was sit there and watch you sleep, thinking of everything I would have done differently.” Determination is etched on every line of his face when he brings his gaze back to mine. “This is me doing things differently.” Somehow in the last month, we’ve managed to switch roles.