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She continues when I don’t. “I saw the look on your face when I told you it was Singard that was responsible for my capture. You blanched like you were to be physically ill, like I shattered something inside you. Pardon my forwardness, sister, but that is not the reaction to someone learning that a certain ruler they’ve already hated has betrayed them. The hurt in your eyes was enough to burn out the sun.”
Alistair curls his fingers into mock claws and swipes the air, making the sound of a pissed-off cat. “You heard the princess—time to put your cocks away, boys. We have grown-up business to attend to now.”
The ends of his lips twist up, and his eyes darken as he inclines his head towards me. “Careful how you speak of them, little witch. I happen to be rather fond of one.”
“Tell me, little witch, how do you expect me not to think of you this way when you’re wearing my shirt and touching yourself in it?”
“I have never stopped thinking about you. Night after night, it was thoughts of you that kept me awake, your voice that chased sleep away. And then you show up, bring me back here, and… and I can’t fucking breathe around you. You didn’t create these problems on your own, but you are the sole cause of my undoing, and for that, I blame you wholeheartedly.”
“I had no right to blame you for any of this. Not for my father’s declaration or the destruction of the gate. None of it mattered anyway because I would have brought down my entire kingdom and burned them all before I let them get anywhere near you. I may be warring for the loss of my throne, but nothing will ever compare to what it felt like to lose you. I have a lot of regrets for mistakes I’ve made, and I know I’ll make more, but having you as a Mate would never be one of them. You may think my heart to be dead, but every part of it belongs to you.”
“I know I am not worthy of you, but I will stop at nothing to claim you as my own. My love. My wife. My Mate.”
“You are what I want. What I need. The rest is secondary always.”
