The Deer and the Dragon (No Other Gods #1)

by Piper C.J.

“Are you happy?” came the low rumble of his lips against mine as he cupped my face. “Now I am.”

“You’ve told me before, and I know I need to listen, even if you’re one hell of a habit to break. A life with me isn’t what you want. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there for you in the way that you needed me.”

“I wish you wouldn’t make me wait twenty years between visits, but then again, I know what you are. Only a fool would try to pin you down. Stay wild and free, Fauna.”

Whatever connection you shared was important enough to seek out time and time again, even if it meant he’d have to find you in each of your lives.

It’s all on the tip of your tongue, but you just won’t say it. I guess if you waste this lifetime, he loves you enough to try again in the next. And the next. And the next.”

“I am yours, and you are mine. And whether it’s in this life or the next, we will always find each other.”

“If you wouldn’t burn the world to the ground for the one you love, are you even in love?”