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Life before Forest was something I would have thrown away in a heartbeat. Life with her is my most prized possession.
"Don't do that. Don't speak. Let me be here with you. Let me love you. I have spent two weeks watching you through the glass. I no longer have the will to contain myself," he begs.
"You love me?" I question, watching the smile span across his mouth. "Desperately." "Then kiss me," I beg.
“You can't even find the word for it because it's not a thing. You want me to admit that ever since I have met you, I can't think straight? Do you want me to admit how much my heart picks up when you are around or how much it drops when you're hurt? That time in Xavier’s chambers was torture. My family was dying, and I still wanted to be with you. It's wrong, Hunter. The last thing I need is you looking at me like I'm weak, just like everyone else does. Whatever you need from me, I can't give it to you. There are plenty of other men down here you can occupy yourself with. I’m not partaking in
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He needed me, and I need him. Why can't I admit that? Why am I so fucking afraid to love him-
Falling in love with her was never part of the plan.
Now, it's the only thing that matters.
"Are you with me, Markswood?" she questions in between breaths, placing her forehead on my own. Closing my eyes, I lean into her, letting our noses touch. "Until my last breath."
"I'm not the same person, Rae," I say, cutting my brother off before he can start. "I died. I died in that pit, surrounded by the blood of the fallen, the blood of all of those I failed to protect. I thought what was following me was a burden, a voice in my ear to remind me of the evil inside of me, but I was wrong." Leaning closer to her, I take the chance she might switch up at any moment. "I needed to die
in that arena to become what I am now. You want me to tell you that I regret the blood of every Official I spilled? Do you want me to tell you I regret shattering the mind-numbing society we conformed to? Well, keep fucking searching. If sympathy is what you want from me, then you should drag your happy ass back to that arena and try and find the part of myself that might have given a fuck. You can sit here and tell me how you wish things would have gone, but we both know that if Officials raided this compound now and promised you that perfect life with Kaiden after a serene Judgment Day, you
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He's upset I put it on myself to deal with Xavier. He's even more upset I tasted another man's blood. Fallan Markswood, as fucked up as it is, is jealous.
"One bond," I whisper, placing my hand over his strong heart. "One soul," he continues, running his thumb over my cheek.
"War will not determine who is right," Kai says, giving the room a stern look. "Only who is left. Remember that before you order my sister around like a dog."
"It takes much more to hate than it does to forgive. Remember that,"
“Search all you want. Dove, Forest, the woman I love. It all comes back to you."
"My love for you has no end, Dove,"
"You are my one light, my true saving grace. The innocent embodiment of all the good things in this world."
"One day, we will have a house with trees like this," he says, pointing to the drawing. Every winter, we will watch the pines frost over and embrace the cold as we do now, savoring every second of normalcy New Haven took from us."
As long as I have him, I have hope for a life beyond all of this.
“It doesn't matter the name. Dove, Forest, the Untouchable girl with the most beautiful smile, the woman I love. All of it. It's only you in there.”
“I feel you now, I felt you before, and I'll feel you for as long as I live.” His hands move away from his heart and to my hips. “I love you, Forest Blackburn. I loved you even when I hated you. I want you to only ever love me. I want to be the only one who holds you like this. I want you if the world comes crashing down. I will only ever want you. Nothing in this life can hurt me but you,” he whispers, squeezing my hips tightly.
"I love you, Fallan. I will always love you."
If his life meant her safety, he would forfeit it every time."
At the end of the day, she will always need me.
"Are you with me, Markswood?" she questions, closing her eyes as she speaks. "Eternally. In this life and the next, for forever will never be enough."
"Let me do one thing right in my life," he whispers, "Let me love you the way you deserve."
"I made death bow on his knees and gave the angels a reason to fall.
This is peace. He is my peace. My raven. My Unfortunate. My home.
"Loving you in this life will never be enough. If I can find you in the next, I promise I will do so," he whispers, speaking as if defeat has already claimed us all.
If it comes down to it, if I have to choose between freedom or him, I choose him every time.
One body. One soul. My reason to live. My reason to fight. My reason to win.
You may think I am playing a fool's game, but I assure you, when I break Forest Blackburn, there will be no way for her to put the pieces back together without my help. I will mold the woman into the very thing she fears most. I will mold her into the creature I could never become."
"I want Forest to be my weapon. I want what she can do, and as long as she feels sympathy, I will never truly have control
