His Darkest Desire

by Tiffany Roberts

All the world will look upon you and never know the crushing weight of your broken heart.

The way he was looking at her… It was as though he’d tear apart the whole world to spare her from pain, as though he’d move the heavens and earth for her.

He wasn’t a light in the darkness, wasn’t a guiding beacon. No, he was the darkness.

There is always magic to be found in the darkness.

There is always magic to be found in the darkness. Vex brushed the tip of a claw across the flowing letters. His heart thumped, spreading molten heat through him. He rasped, “All the magic at my command will be yours.”

“I am your darkness. Your cloak, your protection. The shadow that shields you from the ravages of the day, the shroud that lulls you to sleep so you may wander in the bliss of your dreams.”

“Beneath the light of moon and stars,” he said, “I claim you. You are mine.”