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that every sword needs a shield, every great power must be grounded, and even the strongest need protecting.”
“I’m not sure if this is the only night you’ll give me. And since it very well may be, I intend to take this opportunity to worship you fully.”
No. This was not a matter of pride. This was a matter of taking back power from men who never deserved to wield it.
“You will be my undoing, nio. Whenever you think it was you who lost control, remember—it was me who lost control first.”
“You know what, nio? Fuck the kingdom. Fuck the Goddess. Fuck my family, too. I can’t—won’t—risk your life with some antiquated old ritual, but I won’t share you either.”
“And I don’t care about your past, or your future, or any of it. Because you are fucking mine.”
“Show me how good death can feel, Andrian.”
“Come for me, nio. Show me your light. Let it blind me.”
“You brought me back to life, Mariah. And I don’t care if this means our very existence is now damned, or if this makes me the weakest man in the entire kingdom. But I love you. And I will love you until the stars blink out of existence and the moons drop from the sky. I love you with everything I am, and everything I will ever be.”
A shudder of power wracked through the earth, a tremor strong enough to wake the dragons of the world that had long since gone to sleep.
