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“Safety truly is an illusion,” I conclude, the rest of my blissful ignorance falling away. He dips his head. “And the most powerful, but once you make peace with it, it’s easier taking bigger risks to seek greater rewards. But that’s no excuse to make a stupid move.”
That night, I dream of amber eyes and lightning bugs.
A bird, unable to fly, is still a bird; but a human unable to love is an inexpensive stone.’”
But I see you, Cecelia. I. See. You.
“But you give too much for not enough. You trust too easily because you’ve been lonely your whole fucking life.” “Says a lonely king to the lonely little girl.”
“You can’t tell me who to sleep with.” “I don’t have to. You won’t fuck anyone but me. You proved that to yourself. And I don’t share all the beliefs of my brothers.” Women. He doesn’t share women. His eyes flare in warning. “From here on out, I strongly suggest you don’t test me on that.”
Remember that time he decided to claim her, and then gets jealous that she ever had feelings for his brothers?
Because in the wreckage that is Cecelia Horner and Tobias King, we are still reeling, clinging to our purpose as enemies and our loyalty to the people we love.
Because the truth is that I no longer hate Tobias King. I’m in love with him.
He frowns. “Ce qui te blesse, me blesse.” What hurts you, hurts me.
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?”
A reality where the wrong side often wins, where bullets are real, and the people you love can take their last breaths, and you could be the one to bear witness while their light goes out right in front of you.
“Keep on Smilin’” by Wet Willie.
“Keep on Smilin’” by Wet Willie,
“Beau taught me that a ‘real man’ stakes his claim and won’t let anything or anyone come between him and what he can’t live without. And I was ready for that. I was prepared for it. I was ready to fight my brothers tooth and nail, to fight you every day until you forgave me. I had a thousand dreams ready with you in every single one.”
“Because loving you made me sick as fuck and losing you twice has made me terminal. I don’t want to live out any ending that doesn’t include you.”
