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His glance flickered toward her, something in his eyes softening. It was a look Cinder had seen a hundred times since he and Scarlet had joined the crew of the Rampion, and yet seeing it still made her feel like she was intruding on something intimate.
“You can help me pick out a tiara when we’re done saving the world.”
He was exactly the kind of hero Cress had been dreaming about her entire life.
Because if there was one thing Cress knew about heroes, it was that they could not resist a damsel in distress. And she was nothing if not in distress.
“They don’t seem too upset,”
“Evidently they’ve never tasted prison food.”
You can shoot a gun, fly a spaceship, and bake?”
She was a girl. A living girl, smart and sweet and awkward and unusual, and she was worth far more than they could ever realize.
Just another lab rat who hated him. His little Crescent Moon.
His Crescent Moon was alive.
“When did you have time to take a mistress?”
“Don’t talk about Cress like that.”
Wolf had paced back and forth in the galley, cradling a can of tomatoes.
“Cress.”
“I had a crush on every girl. Believe me, it wasn’t a big motivator.”
Now he was the Carswell Thorne who had given her strength in the desert. Who had come for her when she was kidnapped. Who had kissed her when hope was lost and death was imminent.
Princess Winter, the queen’s stepdaughter.
Kai spun away, his hands clawed into his hair. Whatever product had been used to style it for the wedding was making it messier than usual, and stars, he looked good.
“It’s me, Kai. I’m Princess Selene.”
Bending his head, Kai pressed his lips to her knuckles. The plating had no nerve endings, and yet the touch sent a tingle of electricity along her arm.
“Now, let’s never talk about you being related to her again. Because I’m technically still engaged to her, and that’s really weird.”
“You said yourself that the people of Luna need a revolutionary.” She lifted her chin, holding his gaze. “So I’m going to Luna, and I’m going to start a revolution.”