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Meggie fell for a priest. I fell for a prophet. We declared war on their calling and cause, and neither of us won.
But I’m keeping my love story, not because it included both martyr and sacrifice, or because it’s the story I wanted, it’s because I would never rewrite it. And I would live it all over again just for the chance to sing with him.
Love isn’t an inconvenience, it isn’t a mistake, and the danger makes it all worth it. I walked through fucking fire for you. I survived hell for you. You don’t deserve me. You never deserved me, not at all.
“I loved the bastard I met, the thief that stole me, and the king who claimed me, but I refuse to love the coward. I hate the coward.”
My heart nags me with every step I take away from him, begging me to make it whole as I quietly close the door behind me.
It’s love I had, and love I took with me.
“Smug, arrogant, ignorant, and completely clueless. You think I’ll take you now?” “No, I think I’ll have to walk through hell daily for months to come, but I’m willing to try and earn admission.”
“It was real,” he says. “All of it. It was real.”
“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.
You were all I had left. But I wanted you then, and I still want you. But more than that, I wanted to deserve you.
“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.”
If you never tell me you love me again, I’ll deserve it, and I won’t even ask for it. Not ever. But it’s your heart that I want most, Cecelia, not your beautiful face or your body, it’s your heart that I’m drawn to, it’s your heart that’s the most beautiful thing about you, it’s your heart that makes you my most worthy opponent.”
“Please. God, please, Cecelia, let me finally love you the way you deserve.”
“You forced me to let you go. You’re asking too much of me.”
“You gave me a choice the day you left, to play coward or be king.”
“And you were right, you’ve always had the heart of a queen, but you have to know, earning your love will be the only thing that will make me a king.”
“We’ll fight all the time.” He grins. “I know.”
“If you leave, I’ll come after you. If you change your mind, I’ll change it back. I’ll fight so fucking hard for you every single day, so you never question if you made the right choice.”
This literally does not exist but ok
“No more secrets between us, Tobias. No more convenient omissions, no more games, no more protecting me because you think it’s best, we both make the important decisions.” He nods. “I swear.” “Well, you’re a liar.”
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“So, once I’ve put you through months of hell, we’ll be in this together?” “Oui.” He slowly nods. “We always have been, haven’t we?
I draw my brows. “You’re letting me drive?” We lock eyes over the top of the car. “I trust you.” Three words. Three words I never, ever thought I’d hear from Tobias King.
“There’s something else you should know.” He rubs his thumb along my cheek. “I did watch. That night you told me you hoped I was watching. I was. I have been the whole time,” he whispers softly, “I couldn’t look away.”
French Bulldog, Beau.
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