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She wasn’t sure what was more upsetting: that Alex had loved her, or that Gideon didn’t.
“We both know what you want to do to me, Gideon. Well, here’s your chance.” His gaze slid to her mouth. “You have no idea, the things I want to do to you.”
Instead, he’d found this Rune. His Rune. A total mess.
“I may not know Rune Winters,” he whispered, his mouth an inch from hers. “But I know the Crimson Moth. And she is no caged thing.”
“I pity the man who clips her wings.”
“How dare you touch her.” Gideon knew better than to open his mouth. But he couldn’t help himself. “At least she likes it when I touch her.”
OPE !
“You want the truth?” Her own hurt bubbled up, like steam from a volcano ready to erupt. “This is the truth: I would have married you in a heartbeat, had you asked me. I would have married you knowing you would hand me over to my killers—or kill me yourself—the moment you found out what I was. That’s how pathetic I am, Gideon! That’s how desperately I wanted to be yours!”
If this was weakness, he wanted to be weak. If this was sin, let him be damned to hell.
But it was Gideon. Even though he was plotting to betray her, even though he would try to follow them—she knew he would—Rune couldn’t let him die. He was Alex’s brother. He’d been tortured and cursed by a cruel witch queen. More importantly: she loved him, despite a million reasons not to.
“You are far worse than a thorn in my side,” he said, his dark eyes gleaming at her. “You are a knife in my heart.”
“Will you miss me, Crimson Moth?” She swallowed. “How can you ask me that?”
Rune— I hope you find the freedom you’re looking for. Yours, Gideon
“Because I was stupid enough to fall in love with a witch hunter. Stupid enough to hope he might love me back. And if he did, I wasn’t going to let anything come between us again.”
Gideon thought of his Crimson Moth and smiled through his sorrow. Even in death, my love, you are a wonder.
