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“While I would like to think your powers were unlocked because of how well I fucked you, I think learning of your heritage is the true cause.”
He places his palm on my cheek, his large hand cupping an entire half of my face. “There are a lot of secrets we will have to keep, agápi mou, but this …” He presses a soft but possessive kiss on my lips, and I melt into him. “This is not one of them.”
What I do know—and what I allow to comfort me now—is that the universe bringing Ophelia to me, to all of us, will only ever be a blessing.
“Elementai are the only creature strong enough to bear vampire children. That is why they were hunted to extinction and why no vampire has been born in over five hundred years.”
“Ophelia is staying with me tonight.” I have to force out the next words. “But that does not change what you all have.”
“I’m a vampire, baby. Standing here in my boxers with a raging boner while I make my elementai girlfriend waffles. Nothing you say could sound crazy to me.”
“You are the most powerful being in this room, Ophelia. Quite possibly the entire world.”
“You remind me so much of someone I used to know, Xavier.” His voice is thick, and his eyes are full of something new. Hurt? Longing?
But biting Ophelia— Pure fire. A raging inferno of passion that burns within my blood still. I will be any kind of man, better or worse, to keep her at my side until the end of my days. I will bring the entire universe to ruination if it means I get to keep her.
“I will always be a good man for you, agápi mou, but any kind of goodness in my heart begins and ends with you. I would sacrifice every soul in this world to protect you and not give it a second thought. Every. Single. One.”
“Not for a fraction of a heartbeat. I would choose you in every single lifetime, little one. Every single one.”
This is so much more than love, Ophelia. More than a bond. More than I have ever felt. Love cannot endure a thousand lifetimes. It forgets and it fades. You and I are eternal. You have conquered my heart and stolen my soul. Do not insult what we have by calling it love.
will either burn in the light or drag you into the dark, little one. And whenever Death should come for you, I will offer Him one thousand souls in return for yours so that you will remain in this mortal realm with me for the rest of time.
She shakes her head, her eyes brimming with tears. “You never have to hide any part of yourself from me. I love all of you. Your darkness, your shadows, your light. Everything that makes you uniquely you. I feel like I have loved you since the beginning of time.”