Tormented (The Binding Chronicles, #2)

by Elayna R. Gallea

“I’ve got you, Luna, and I’m never letting go.”

needed her to live because she was the light that made my world shine. She was a brilliant gem amid dark grains of sand, a flower in a world filled with death.

Did she know that every time she said my name like that, with those wide eyes and soft voice, it did something to me? That coupled with her lilac scent, it made it harder to think? To breathe? To live?

My mouth fell open. “Sebastian, I⁠—” “This is my vow to you, my love.” He pressed a kiss to my knuckles. “I will remain by your side.” Kiss. “Through thick and thin.” Another kiss. “No matter what.”

love you more than books and research and science. I love you more than coffee and chocolate.” Stealing another kiss, I continued. “Sebastian, I love you more than anything else I’ve ever known in my entire life.”

He was the moon to my stars, the air in my lungs, the other half of my soul.

“I choose you, Sebastian Montquartier. I choose this life. I choose to remain by your side, always. No matter what else happens with Marius, Syndra, or even whatever Papa thinks of me, I know I want to be with you. Not only tonight, but every night, for the rest of what will hopefully be our very long lives.”

“Would you take me there?” “Darling, I’ll take you anywhere.”