A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (Married to Magic, #5)

by Elise Kova

He grins, recovering from the mock offense. “I’m twenty-three.” “Only a year older than me?” “Is it that surprising?” He looks back out across the grasses. “You seem…older.” “Now you’re making a game of offending me.” “More grizzled than a man of twenty-three.”

“I told you that I am not a good person.” He leans forward slightly. “Don’t be surprised when you are presented with proof of it.”

Finally, after what feels like forever, he offers me a slow nod. “I will always be on your side, Faelyn.”

“As my lady commands.”

“But now…now I am grateful for every breath. Every gnarled scar on my flesh and heart is like a map that led me to here, now, with you. I wouldn’t change any second of pain because forsaking it would also mean forsaking the pleasure of your company, your smiles, your body.”

“Why…” I stare up at Evander, his silver eyes shining as if he, too, wept. “Why did you come?” “You called.”