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I was a threat to everything he stood for. And still, he had chosen me. Even after the betrayal, after learning my true identity, after every reason I had given him to turn away, he had protected me. He had given me the most dangerous weapon of all. Hope.
“Let me be clear,” I said, my voice like a whip. “I will choose her over every one of you.”
“Don’t ever speak of her again.” I growled out the words. “You do not decide her fate.”
“I am not an enemy you want, Eiran, but for her, I will become whatever I have to.”
“Because Veyrith was a kingdom of balance. Of magic. Of power. And where there is power, there is always someone who seeks to take it.”
“She is my mate.” The words cracked through the chamber like a thunderclap. Undeniable. Unyielding. “I’d risk every one of you to save her.” Dacre’s voice was steel, forged in fire, honed by war. “I’d risk everything.”
“If you put her in a cell,” Dacre snarled, his voice thick with something dark and dangerous. “If any of you lay a single finger on her, I will burn this city to the ground.”
“You’re safe. And I will burn this fucking world to the ground before I let anything happen to you again.”
“I want to control it,” I whispered, and I could feel my blood rushing to my face, could hear it in my ears. “Of course I do.” “No.” She shook her head, but her silver eyes didn’t leave me. “You want it to go away.”
“I saw what he did to you. I saw you on that chamber floor. I saw the way you fought against everything, against him, against what he wanted to make you.” Her eyes searched mine. “You are nothing like him.”
“The rest of the kingdom will fall to their knees before you, Verena.” He leaned forward and pressed a kiss just below my belly button before he stared up at me. “But please allow me to be the first.”
“Allow me to show you how you should be worshipped.”
“Take from me until I have nothing left to give. I am devoted to you. Everything I have is yours to take.”
“I am drowning in my want for you, and there is no room inside me for fear. Take from me, touch me. Feed your body with what yearns for you. I would ruin every part of me to give to you.”
“I have longed for you since the day they stole you away from me. I have begged the gods to make me strong enough to get you back.”
“My wife,”
“You are the most powerful thing I’ve ever held.”
“I need to be inside you,” he growled. “I need to fuck you until there is no one left in this kingdom who will question who you belong to.”
“Touch your pussy,” he commanded, the gentleness in his voice gone. “Show your husband exactly how you like to be touched.”
“I told you to ride me,” Dacre growled against my flesh. “That means my face too, love.”
“That’s it,” he spoke against my pussy before rolling his tongue over my clit once more. “Come for your husband,” he growled. “Come on my mouth.”
“You were made for me,” he growled. “This pussy was made for me.”
“You’re going to be a good girl, aren’t you?” he asked, and I nodded my head, even though I had no idea what he was asking. “That’s right. Be a good wife and come again for me. Come on your husband’s cock with this pretty pussy.”
“You have never been powerless, but you have been trapped. But you are free,” she murmured. “The only question now is what you will do with it.”
“You are my father, but if you dare speak of my wife like that again, I will slit your throat and paint this city in your blood.”
She was everything, and I would worship her until my dying breath.
“And if we don’t come back?” Dacre’s fingers curled around mine as he looked at his sister, really looked at her, and I could feel the warmth in my chest, the aching love he had for her. His voice was low, but it didn’t waver. “Then I will find you in the next life. All of you.” His words were a vow; they were a promise. “In the next life.” Kai nodded before he took Wren’s hand in his. He laced their fingers together, and he lifted her hand to his mouth, pressing a kiss to her knuckles. My chest ached as I watched them, but I couldn’t tell if it came from me or from Dacre. Wren exhaled
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But I didn’t want the next life. I wanted this one.
“You changed everything,” he murmured. "You changed me." I swallowed, my throat tight. "And you saved me."
“You are mine," he whispered against my lips, his hands shaking where they held me. “I’m yours,” I murmured. "And you are mine.” His lips ghosted over mine, his voice nothing more than a breath. "In this life and every life after."
"Verena," I murmured against her mouth, my grip tightening as heat coursed through me. "I am bewitched by you.”
"Let me remind you that you are more than this crown. More than what they expect you to be. That you are still mine."
