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“I don’t want to end the day in shredded pieces… If I die, will you bury me beside his parts? I want to rest in the dirt with him.” “Of course, my child.”
“But stop asking me to bury people. It’s exhausting.”
“I wish you were here.” “I am here. I am al...
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It was born of evil. I was born of love. We are not the same.
I can’t give anything to you.”
“I don’t want to take anything from you.” Conviction fortified his voice. “I want to give everything to you.
“I’ll help you live an entire lifetime in the coming seasons,” he whispered. “I’ll make them the best days of your life.”
He was no longer the forbidden stranger hiding in my room. He was my life and breath and hope. My best friend, and it made my heart ache.
“You can touch it.”
“If you wanted to, that is. I know you aren’t supposed to touch anyone, but you can touch me. Even if you never do, you
have my consent. You’re saf...
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“I k...
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“I only meant I didn’t want you to hide from me.” “I want to tell you.”
“I want you to know everything about me. I want you in every part of my being. You’re the only person I have.”
“You’re the only friend I have. The only person since my mother that cares whether I live or die,...
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“I would hug your pain away i...
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“I have scars from those who tried, but as the cycles passed, less and less could wound me, but your tears? They hurt worst of all. Out of everyone in my life, you have the power to hurt me the most.” “Why?” His words alarmed me.
“Because I finally found a soul that sings to mine, a friend unlike anyone I’ve ever met, and I made you cry. I can’t take you away from here. I cannot touch you, and in a cycle, I’ll lose you.”
“I’ll even return when you’re old and grey and Hreinasta abandons you for another. It may take a while, but I’ll always come for you.”
“I need nothing to remember you.”
“I can’t do this anymore. I can’t sit here and wait for you to leave me. Every time I look at you, I see the end of the greatest thing in my life. You’re my best friend, my confidant, my heart. I love you, Sellah.
“Every night I spend with you, I love you more,”
You make me whole. You’re what my life was missing, and the longer I stay at your side, the more I love you. Varas may be the god I’ve pledged to, but you’re who I want to swear my future to. You’re the altar I pray at, the deity I worship, and I would sacrifice my life for you, but you don’t belong to me. You never have, and you never will. You’ve belonged to Hreinasta since birth, and I can’t watch the person I treasure most in this world lose herself to a selfish goddess.”
“Gods be damned, but I do not care. May they strike me down, because my heart belongs to you, and I cannot stand by and idly watch your life be stolen. You didn’t choose this.
You’ll sleep for decades, and I’ll have to watch Hreinasta parade around in the body of the woman I love. I can’t
sit here and witness that happen. It’s too painful.”
I won’t survive losing you. As it is, I already feel as if a dull and rusted knife has pierced my heart,
“I love you, but I won’t come back. If I do, it’ll destroy me. I don’t want to live in a world without you, but I have to. I might as well get used to it.”
“Please,” I silently beg Udens as I surrender wholly to these monsters. “I just want him back.”
The Stranger is afraid. He’s afraid to lose someone he cares for, and I silently extend my apology to him and to Kaid. I tried, my love, my heart, my husband. I’m sorry I failed you.
“You don’t understand how badly I want to taste you,”
“You don’t understand how desperately I crave your lips on mine, your body pressed against me. My control teeters dangerously on the precipice, and the only way I can stop it from plunging over that edge is by keeping my distance. I refuse to take something from you that I can’t return, and while I believe your vows were forced upon you, I won’t be the one to break them. You’re pure with me. Safe with me. Protected with me,
but please, don’t push. I won’t be able to resi...
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“Not there. Not my lips.”
“Anywhere but there or I’ll break. I can’t break, but I’m afraid because I’m so close to surrendering.”
“Please don’t. I can’t love you. Not like this. Not when I’ll lose you.”
“I love you,” I said with conviction.
“Loving you isn’t a sin, nor will it make me unworthy. Loving you is the only choice I’ve ever made for myself, so when I say this, understand it’s with my
whole heart. I choose you, and I cannot go into my future without knowing what loving you tastes like. You’ve filled my heart so complete...
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“You are my goddess.” His low admission rumbled through his ribs, vibrating against my skin. “You are what I pray to, what I worship, what I adore.”
“Then show me,”
“This is the moment I’ll take with me to my grave,”
“I love you, Sellah,” he whispered into my hair. “You own me. All of me. Forever.”
“You’re so beautiful.”
know you hate being valued for only your appearance, but I love all of you. You’re still my best friend, but gods, you are perfect.” “I missed you.”
“I choose you, remember? I have no guilt or shame because you can’t compromise what belongs to you.”
“Then love me, Kaid.” My fingers laced through his hair. “Love me enough for a lifetime.”
“Gods be damned,” he cursed. “I want to taste you.”
“Please let me kiss you the way you deserve.” “Yes.”
“Touch me,” Kaid demanded as he nipped at my lip. “I want your hands on me. I need to memorize your caress.”
