Throne of Secrets (Prince of Sin, #2)

by Kerri Maniscalco

“I’ve adored you from nearly the first moment I saw you. I loved you when I didn’t like you. I loved you when you bested me. And when I bested you. I love your smart mouth, your clever mind, your darkest fantasies. Your brightest joy. I love that you never let me win, that any victory I have is fleeting but earned. And I will live out the rest of eternity loving you.” She dropped her gaze. And I would have paid an obscene sum to know what she was thinking. I waited, watching her absorb my confession. “I thought my mother’s bracelet was lost forever.” She picked it up gingerly, tears gleaming in her eyes. “How do you have it?” “I’ve been holding on to it since the All-Sinners Ball. I couldn’t quite remember how I came to have it—with our memories restored, I now recall vividly that it broke while we were in the garden.” I gave her a shy smile. “I’d put it in my pocket, wanting to have it repaired.” But then that event was rewritten, and I found a mystery bracelet. “For the sake of complete honesty, it reminded me of you. Your eyes, your hair. I couldn’t part with it.” “I didn’t think I’d ever see it again. Thank you. It means more than you know.”