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“Please tell me I’m not the only one who almost shit his pants.”
The commitment to us: three souls connected by fate, friendship, and the feelings we harbored for each other.
claws threatening to tear me up from the inside. Shadows ever so cruel.
You are… a miracle, my little white dove.” Not worthless. A miracle.
“You don’t know, do you? Ravens have neither king nor queen consort, not among bonded couples. Little dove, you and I are expected to rule side by side.”
As for love…” a faint, short inhale, “Sebian loves you deeply.” A quivering exhale. “As do I.” My breath caught. My eyes clenched shut.
“My love is not gentle, or tender, or easy. But it is real, grown from hate and pain deep inside a chest sullied by shadows. It is cutting and biting, leaving behind scars as unfading as my love for you.” His warm lips scathed my jawline. “And once we are gone from this earth, I will continue to love you among the stars. I will be the night, the darkest patch of sky around you, just to ensure that everyone can see how you sparkle. And once your light starts fading, I will take you into my black embrace, and that is where I will love you beyond death.”
“I love it when you allow yourself to moan my name,” he crooned. “Take my shadows. Let them spoil you.”
As far as I was concerned, I was bonded. Maybe not by soul, but by heart.
I will be the night, the darkest patch of sky around you? What man came up with that stuff when his cock was undoubtedly already throbbing in the water? I’d bet three coins that he’d fucking studied that line for days! And then he’d… fucked it up. How?
Another itch on the side of my neck, like a faint tingle when someone stared at you. Like the way Asker was…
“I will be the night, the darkest patch of sky around you,” he mocked, but it wasn’t like I hadn’t heard his unkindness back at the spring. “How many days did it take you to come up with those lines?” “Five,” I said with a slap against the back of his head
How close her soul had been to mine, until she’d touched me… …there.
“Goddess bless us,” Asker said, his mouth momentarily standing open. “A whiteweaver.” “Well I’ll be fucking damned,” Sebian mumbled.
“We never speak of it out of fear if King Barat ever sent soldiers through our farms, but… there are more.” More Raven children. Saved. By. Humans.
then he did something I hadn’t expected his muscles capable of. He winked.
“Did you notice how David reacted to Tjema’s voice?” “I had.” “Do you think they could be fated?”
“I want you,” he growled into my mouth, our skin humming with desire that threatened to overflow. “I love you.”
Sebian was my protector, my haven, my sanctuary. He was my home in the truest sense: not a place, but a feeling of love and belonging; a knowing that wherever he was, I wanted to be. He was my choice.
Malyr was my tormentor, my paradox, my teacher. He was a million painful lessons, shaping me into who I had always meant to become. He was my fate.
“If there’s love in this pain, then I want it. I just don’t want there to be any pain in this love.”
He looked at Malyr and shook his head. “Missed it by a few days.”
Lmaoooo
“Tell Sebian that you love him.” I arched my back, my nipples two hard, aching points, and looked back at Sebian. “I love you.”
“We love you so much, Galantia,” Sebian whispered,
“Do you hear me, sweetheart? Right here, between us, you are so very loved.”
My eyes found Malyr’s, who stood nearby and clapped, his smile as radiant as those eyes he kept on us. “This is so much fun!”
“That’s simple: you’re both equally annoying at times.” “Ha! That remark deserves a spanking, but I’ll leave that to Malyr.”
Lord Aros. He shoved us into sacks.
“That Raven traitor of yours told me that you bonded to that usurper. I hope he can feel just how you’re going to entertain me.”
Until he opened the door and said, “Go have your turns.”
“Promise me that you will take care of her. Forever, Sebian.” “That you think that needs a promise makes me want to fucking punch you.”
No! I wouldn’t go back there. It was bad enough that I’d been forced to take Domren and his men into my body, but I wouldn’t allow them a single inch of space in my mind, in my heart, in my life.
“Did I do it?” Sebian’s mouth opened and closed as if gasping for air. “Did I… did I save her?”
“Only the deepest love is capable of bringing about the deepest pain.” “You just had to be the heroic one, did you not? Damn you, Sebian.”
Another tear ran down his cheek. “Yes. One of you has to die for her to live.”
“I hope you saw that just now. I’m sure she pushed her toes beneath my calf a hundred times already while I was asleep. I’m glad that I was awake for it once, but brother, how did you handle it? Her toes are bitterly cold.” Sebian didn’t answer.
“Once the winds calm, I will take her to Lanai. Show her where you came from.” I rose and readied myself to shift, but not without tilting my gaze skyward once more. “Thank you for all you did for us.”
Brisden’s eyes snapped open, and he released a grunt when the jailor squeezed the mixture into his rectum.
the crows all came fluttering back, digging their sharp beaks into his rear to make him a meal.
“This pretty Raven boy is going to eat some mashed apples now. Caw. Caw.”
