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I was lost in a maze of words...
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You’re not a queen because you were born into it. You’re a queen because you lead with your heart but wield your intelligence like the sharpest blade.”
“A monster, but for you, never to you.”
“Call me names again and I’ll bend you over in front of this entire room.”
I glide my hands across his torso, getting lost in the stars and scars. I want to know more about him.
“You’re being so good for me, Elowen.” I love his praise. I want more.
The man who bows and kneels for no king or god doesn’t hesitate to do so for me.
“When I fuck you, Elowen, it won’t be in some seedy brothel. It’s going to be somewhere I can make you come so many times your throat will be hoarse from screaming my name.”
“I’m going to fuck the idea of me only being your ally right out of your pretty little mind.”
“You’re such a beautiful mess, love.” He licks his lips. “One day my tongue will replace my fingers, then my cock will replace my tongue. You’d like that, wouldn’t you? You want me to fuck you until all you can think about is how you find religion when you’re alone with me.”
Being understood and accepted is one of the greatest forms of intimacy. He doesn’t shy away from my darkness; he walks toward it and kneels with me in the blood we’ve spilled.
“But if you allow me, I’ll find a way to help you carry them when they get too heavy.”
“You’re so much braver than you believe, and stronger than you feel in this moment.”
“Your enemies are my enemies, El. Never doubt that.”
I don’t think love is always about letting someone walk away; sometimes it’s about chasing after them to the ends of the earth, even if the journey is treacherous.
“Why do you believe I would let anything keep me from you? I’ve searched for you since I was a boy, when the whole world thought you were dead, when it seemed hopeless—I searched for you.”
You’ve driven me to madness. You haunt me while I sleep and you’re there when I wake. Your
presence is agonizing and yet I’ll beg for the pain if it means I can have a moment with you.”
you are the sweetest curse bestowed upon me.”
“I want to bury my head between your legs before his corpse gets cold. Maybe his soul will linger to watch how I take care of my woman.”
“Get on your knees like a good girl and open your mouth.”
“That’s it, love. You look so beautiful on your knees.”
“I didn’t know I had a soul until you stole it from me,” he
“Don’t retreat into your mind unless you’re taking me there with you.”
“I’ll never leave you behind. It’s you and me until the end—whatever end that may be. If you’re to die with a blade in your hand, then I’m to die by your side with a sword in mine.”
“I wish to show the world the claws I grew when they clipped my wings.”
“I’ll find you, always.” His icy hand cups my cheek. “You have to keep going. Never let the flames that make you who you are burn out. You have your dragons, but all of this is empty for me without you.”
nod, not trusting my voice. His fingers begin massaging my scalp before coating my hair in a light, clean scented soap.
“You are the embodiment of beauty.”
“You’ve ruined me in this life, the next, and any that follow.”
“I’m irrevocably lost in you, and it’s the only place I want to be. I’ll hurt anyone for you, including myself.”
“I want you, the man who faced the impossible and never gave up on me.”
“Need to taste you again.” He flips us over and settles beneath me. “Take your throne, princess.” I try to move back to ride him, but he halts me with a hand on my hips. “Sit on my face.”
“I’ve never
been a religious man, but I will worship you in ways the gods will envy.”
“The gods aren’t in the bedroom. I am. You scream my name or nothing. No god or man will ever fuck you like I can.”
“We’re both burdened by our pasts, my scars just aren’t as visible,” I murmur. “And I’m so thankful you survived.”
“Every part of you, every scar, both visible and invisible, is utterly beautiful to me.”
“I wanted something to offer you after we had time together, if you wanted something more than a commander, but I won’t lie or apologize. I’m not a hero. This is who I am, Elowen, and I’m yours. All of me, every darkened part. Until the moon crashes into the sea and all the stars blink out of existence.”
“You say everything I want to hear, but I don’t know how to trust it.”
“Bow before your queen or burn and bleed!”
