“You don’t have to hold on to the evil side of you any longer,” he whispered. He leaned down to lightly brush his lips across mine. My own lips pushed into his, tasting his sunshine before I pulled away, caught off guard by the tenderness I felt in the kiss. I pushed back into him before he could move. It felt like the whole world—and all of my pain—blurred into the background. “I want to marry you, Eli,” I whispered. “As soon as we get into the castle, I want to make it official.” I loved him, and our lives were literally tied together already, but mostly I wanted to do this because it was
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