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“You trust me not to manipulate your emotions and try to escape?” “No.”
“Because if I have to see you in this collar one fucking second more than absolutely necessary, I’m going to start killing people.”
“So hate me all you want, little rebel. And fight me all you want in private. But out here, in public, you need to act as if I’m your God.”
“But it hides it a little, which will help stop me from murdering someone tonight.”
“You’re right,” he says, tilting his head back so that he meets my gaze. “I kneel for nothing and no one.” His golden eyes burn like flames, searing right through my soul. “But for you… For you, I would kneel.”
And I decide, then and there, that just ruining them financially isn’t enough. The humans are going to pull off this heist. But that is not enough for me. I want the Icehearts hurt. I want them to suffer. I want them to despair. I want a fucking war. I want to make them watch as this whole castle burns to the ground around their heads. I’m going to turn this whole fucking city against them.
“Because you’re mine.” I arch an eyebrow at him. “Your life slave?” “No. Mine. In every sense of the word.”
“Your goddess can’t help you.”
So remember this feeling, because this is what I will do to you if you ever try to pull another stunt like that again.”
“How did you know that I was in danger?” I shout at him again. “How did you know where I was?” “Because you’re my mate!”
“Goddess damn it, stop being such a fucking idiot! I am offering, you thickheaded overgrown bat, so just take it!”
But I know what happened. And I do not forget.
Take what I want and to hell with everyone else.
Sometimes, the truth really is the best lie.
as if he fears that I will disappear if he lets me go. Oh if he only knew how right he is. It’s only a matter of days now. Then I will be gone.
Because this is it. This is our last goodbye.
Betraying him tonight is going to shatter what’s left of my heart.
By Mabona, that must have been a truly horrible way to die.
“I’ve been falling for you for years, from afar, but then I truly got to know you during the Atonement Trials.” A wistful smile blows across his handsome face. “And then that day when you patted my cheek and said good talk, I fell in love with you utterly and completely.”

