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But one thing was clear, I would not let my father find her.
Power-hungry men who lost sight of what should have been important to them.
My want for her was obsessive, incessant. Maddening.
“Use your words.”
“I’ll never forgive you if you get caught.” You. Not us.
Nothing would make me regret her.
I wanted him. Gods, I needed him.
“Haunted by thoughts of what I should have done, of the way I should have worshipped you.”
“I should have fallen to my knees for you as I will do now.”
“Like salt in the sea, you have become ingrained in every part of me, and I have been drowning in my regrets.”
“Your entire existence has been dedicated to preparing for your place as ruler of our kingdom, yet you have never been revered. It is a privilege I am unworthy of, but I would surrender every breath to worship you if only you would grant me the honor.”
“I am devoted to you.”
“I will never let anyone hurt you again.”
“I am yours, Verena,” he growled against my mouth. “In this kingdom and the next, wherever the tides take you, I am yours.”
“You’re taking me so well,”
“Whatever comes, you are mine.”
“Come for me, love.”
“Verena, that is the kind of power of a queen.”
Verena was my mate. And I couldn’t protect her.
Dacre was my mate. I knew it the moment he said the words to me in that room.
I was Princess Verena, heir to the Marmoris Kingdom, but more than anything, I was his.
