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“I am the Princess of Reales and the rightful Queen of Seolia.”
This new darkness, I wasn’t convinced it was magic. It wasn’t from the earth like my elements; it felt more profound than that, like it was from somewhere else—underworldly. I could feel it growing, wanting to become part of me. It was heavy, and instead of wanting to pull my warmth all the time, all I wanted to be was cold.
“My love,” I shouted, slowly walking room to room. “Hunting is what I do.” Her footsteps were quiet, but she was close. “And you are my favorite thing to catch.” “I am not a lost little doe,” she replied, and I chased her voice around a corner. “I don’t need saving.”
“Raven, you have me.” He took a step closer. “You have me. Mind, body, soul, whatever the fuck you want from me, I am here. I am yours.”
“Would you let me read you the biggest book in the library?” “I would let you read every book if you promise to let me kiss you between each one.”
“I’m going to love you even when the sun sets for the final time in this universe,”
“She’s too good for you,” Lunden said. Zeke slid his arm around my shoulders and pulled me against his chest. Irritation clung to him so heavily that even I could taste it. “She is,” he finally replied, his tone becoming more profound, “but she’s also mine.” His. I wasn’t the queen. I wasn’t a witch. I wasn’t the found Princess of Reales or Celestina’s daughter. I was his.
I would be the mad prince, entirely consumed by the dark queen, and I would never have enough.
“You put the stars in my sky,” she whispered as we broke apart.
“We will always burn together.”
“It is all mine, Raven. There is not one piece of your shattered heart that I do not want. I carry it with me. We’re both broken, Raven. And we’re both healing one another.”
“Love has made you blind.” I traced his jaw with my fingertips. “No, my love, you are just all I see.”
“The two of you were arranged to be married when you were born. Did he tell you that? You’re supposed to be with him. You always have been. Whether you would have stayed or gone, it was always supposed to be him.”
“Raven, you can’t let your past dictate your future anymore.”
But monsters could come in all shapes and sizes.
“Flames,” he repeated in awe. “Those are a rarity. Our kingdom has only had one flame pairing in over a century. That is… quite something. A word of advice: do not spread that around. There are rulers not as kind as I who would use that to our advantage. Flames, while they can survive separately, once mated, are… lethal together. Combined with the power the two of you hold…” he trailed off, shaking his head. “And with her beauty, I would keep a very close eye on her.”
Atop an ivory cushion sat a white-gold necklace. The thin chain held a dainty crescent moon charm. “He wanted me to tell you that you put the stars in his sky.”
I would burn worlds for this man. Freeze them. Break the very ground of each one. I would sacrifice everything for him: my kingdom, my sanity, my own heart. And then, I felt it. Like a snap.
Everything about him seemed familiar—his hair, his skin tone, the color of his eyes. He was taller but framed similarly. Bone structure. Features. Everything was me. I had a twin brother. With magic.
“Time heals all wounds.”
“Marry me under the stars,”
Tonight, I was just Raven. Not a queen, not a witch, not an orphan. Just his Raven—the most crucial title I would ever hold.
our story was infinite.
The stars shimmered above brightly for us, the moon illuminating the water that appeared black. It was us. We were the dark—the stars in one another’s sky.
“You are the Queen of Seolia, the rightful heir to the throne. You are the daughter of King Leonidas and the granddaughter of the kings who came before you.” Chills rose on my skin as his hoarse tone carried the confidence we both needed. “And you are capable of changing the world, Raven.”
“If I’m your star, then you’re my night sky. You surround me. Caress me. I burn only for you.”
“We could take over the world.” I tilted my head slowly. “Me and your shadows, we could rule over everything.”
“It’s golden, your strand.”
“The prophecy stated that twins would be born of darkness — so deep that misery would follow them all their lives….” That was wonderful to hear. “…but they would hold so much power between them that it would bring magic back to every realm. Every creature who ever possessed magic would be reborn, reawakened.”
“Baby, all I do is love you.”
“You are all I think about, all I dream of.”
“I want to love you until you can’t remember what it felt like to be unloved.”
I walked through a meadow full of flowers and bright skies. I didn’t recognize this place—so many flowers, so many colors. This wasn’t a place I could’ve come up with alone. And when I looked around the field, I saw her. She was spinning in one of her blue dresses, her hair wavy with a crown of white flowers on her head.
“You are such a light in this dark world, Raven. And I am so sorry that someone tried to take that from you.”
