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by
M.K. Ahearn
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January 3 - January 8, 2025
I knew, although I couldn’t give her my heart, I would burn the world for her.
“Do not think for one moment that this isn’t killing me inside,” Bellamy whispered, in that low tone that warmed my core.
With all the uncertainty, I knew one thing. What I felt for Koraine was real. She lit a flame deep within me that I never knew had been extinguished.
“From the moment you stepped off that damned ship I knew you were going to be my weakness. When I saw Cyrus’s hands on you, I just about lost my mind. I wanted to incinerate him where he stood. And again, when I saw those smugglers trying to harm you, I couldn’t bear it. You have a hold on my heart, that no matter how hard I try I can’t shake.”
“But we are born enemies. Fire and water aren’t meant to work. Our kingdoms will always be rivals even with this peace negotiation,”
“If you want to vilify me, that’s fine, but I won’t keep d...
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“You belong to no one,” I assured her in a low growl. “What if right now, I just want to belong to you?” She glanced up from under her thick eyelashes.
“Say it again,” I whispered, needing to hear the words once more. “I belong to you. Every last part of me is yours, Bellamy,” she said, catching her breath.
“You are mine right now, and you will be patient as I pleasure every inch of you.” I couldn’t tell if it was a threat or a promise, but I didn’t care. I wanted his mouth on every part of me.
“If you don’t like what I am doing, stop me, but otherwise relax and let me worship you like you deserve.”
“Goddesses, you are going to be my undoing,”
Soon I could feel myself approaching my undoing.
“My name on your lips is the only thing I ever need to hear again,”
“I know it may not mean much, but I want you to know I whole heartedly choose you,”
“I am not marrying you tomorrow because of what our fathers decided for us. I am marrying you because I know that with you by my side we will rebuild this kingdom into the prospering and unyielding place it always should’ve been.”
“You care so much for your people. I’ve watched as you’ve fought for them and beside them. That’s the Bellamy that I am falling for. Not the prince the world sees, the one who has a heart on fire with a passion for his kingdom.”
We fucked like the world was ending.
“You are divine, my moon,”
“If I am the burning sun, ruled by flames, then you are my moon, ruling over the tides and completing the missing half of me.”
I may be on the run from my father, and our lives may be at risk, but I had her. She was everything I wanted. Needed.
Where I was rash, she kept a level head. Where I was lost, she seemed to know exactly what to do.
