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“If you cannot endure suffering, you are unfit to dole it out, Enforcer.”
Perhaps you may not need powers to be powerful.
Perhaps I’ll relieve him of one of his hands, so he never has the opportunity to lay it on a woman again.
“Are you… braiding my hair?”
“Too stubborn to ask for my help, Gray?” “No,” I say coolly. “Too strong to need it.” His next words are murmured close to my ear. “That’s what I like to hear.”
“Oh, darling, as long as you still think I’m pretty, I don’t give a damn what I look like.”
I’m almost certain I’m not an Ordinary. My power may actually be the ability to lie effortlessly. Lie about what I am, who I trust, and how happy I am to be here.
The most powerful man paired with the most powerless woman.
“Because it is far more fun to admire you when the action is mutual.”
“Remind me to make you smile like that again, when you aren’t dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorize it.”
“If you die, I’m going to kill you.”
I’m still a monster, just not the kind that loves the hateful things they do.
“I’m going to ask again. Who did this to you?”
If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.
“I never wanted this. Never wanted to be what I am today. But monsters are made, not born. And I had no choice in the matter. I have no choice in the matter. But I won’t deny what I am, and I’ll do what I must for my kingdom. For my king.”
“And I’ll save your life again and again, aimlessly hoping you will allow me to stay in it.”
“Oh, darling, a trophy implies that I won it, earned it, deserve it.” He leans in farther, a certain reverence reflecting in his gaze. “But if I get to have you, it will be because you let me.”
“Your smile.” I cut him off before his offer can tempt me. “I like when you truly smile. When you’re not wearing the mask of the future Enforcer or the prince, and you simply allow me to see you. It’s a smile I wish you would share with me more often.”
“I haven’t known her for long, and yet, I find myself wanting to know her for longer.”
Does nothing because he knows I can handle myself.
Her. I only want to be deserving of her.
People aren’t born strong; they’re made that way. And the prince and I know that better than most.
It’s her fault I didn’t sleep much. I was up most of the night listening to her breathe—breathing her in.
