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December 9 - December 10, 2025
“I promise you, you’re never going back there. I will never allow them to hurt you again. Do you hear me?”
“If she decides to break apart this whole ship to deal with what happened, I’ll help her. If she wants to kick your lying ass into the depths of the sea, I’ll take your legs. If she decides to rip the world to shreds for what it’s done to her, I’ll cheer her on. And if you were a true friend… you would as well.”
“Please, stop hitting me.” Merrick’s face came into view, and his eyes hardened as he growled, “Stop fucking dying, then.”
“Don’t do that to me again.”
Good people also do bad things, but it’s how you handle yourself after that matters.
“Maybe I need to train you to please me instead of piss me off.”
“You wouldn’t have to fight for me. I… I can’t say it would be easy, given what we’re facing, but I’d make sure this—us—would be the one place you can rest, where you’re always safe, where you never have to put on a mask to conceal your true feelings.”
“Do not touch her.” Ice dripped from Merrick’s voice as he pushed the regent back a step. “You lost that privilege that night. Get back before I kill you.”
No one could miss how he stared at you when you weren’t looking.
You do not disrespect m…” A muscle in Merrick’s jaw twitched. “You do not disrespect her.”
“Fuck it”
“Do you want me to tell you no one—mate or not—has loved anyone the way I love you? That I would laugh as the world fell apart as long as you stood by my side? That even if I could only have one fucking night—one night pretending you’re mine—I’d take it?”
