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Pain is a constant, Novaleen. It is how a person deals with it that interests me. Some conquer it and wield it, while others crumble and fall. So tell me, daughter, when I make this hurt, and I will, are you going to conquer or fall?
You are not alone, Nova. You will never be alone, so stop acting like it. We are in this together, my love. You will remember that or we will remind you every single day we are alive.”
“We’ve got you, baby. We’ve got you. If you need us to hold you while you cry, if you need us to burn the world at your side, or you just simply need this to help you work through your emotions, then we will. We will do anything because we are a family. We don’t just get the happy emotions, but the bitter ones too. Nothing is ever too much for us, so stop shielding us and pushing us out. We want it. We want every brutal, raw edge. We can take it.”
“What if I can’t? What if I can’t take it? What if I’m not strong enough?” I admit. “Then we will be strong for you,” he promises, stroking my cheek. “But, Nova, you are the strongest person I have ever met. Strength isn’t measured by how tall you stand, but by how beautifully you break and get back up, and you, Nova, have been broken so many times, only to put yourself back together and keep going. You still believe in good, in love, in hope, and right and wrong despite the world never doing anything for you. Despite only seeing evil, you fight for good. We all do. We are all this world has.”
Love doesn’t have to be grand and beautiful; it can be this, a man willing to fight for you, willing to show up every day and put in the work.
Trust, I’m finally understanding, is the scariest thing of all. It’s so easy to break but so hard to earn.
“Fuck, baby, look at you, taking these ten inches so well. You’re getting it nice and wet for me. Goddamn, you’re so beautiful. You love this, don’t you? Love me fucking you with this dildo. Love coming all over it for me, knowing you’re going to use it on me.”
“Now be a good boy and get on all fours for me. You wanted my cock, and now you’ll get it. No safe words, no backing out. You’ll take it and love it until you come so hard, they all come up here thinking I’m killing you.”
I need my Nova, and if I have to kill every single person who gets in my way to get her back, I will, and when I find her father? I’m going to torture him to death for hurting the love of my life.
Once onboard, I sort through the weapons with Jonas, my eyebrows rising at the explosives inside. “You never know.” He shrugs. “Jonas, this is enough to blow up a city,” I say carefully, knowing he’s always a little unhinged, but since Nova has disappeared, he’s become very unhinged. “Good.” He nods. I share a look with Isaac but shrug. Jonas is good with explosives. He won’t blow us up, right?
Not yet. My eyes go to Dimitri, who is hesitating near Nico, and he nods before going after Isaac as we work as a team to stay strong for her. Taking her hand once more, I lean down and brush a kiss over her forehead. “It’s going to be okay, baby. We’ve got you. Just stay with us, okay? Please . . . Please don’t give up on us. I promise we will never give up on you. We need you, Nova. Stay. Please, just fight one last time. That’s it, Nova, one last fight. I promise.”
It looks like we finally get the ending we deserve.
