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April 20 - April 20, 2025
There is nothing worse than being forced to participate in physical activity,
Next time she came across a beast in the forest, she’d forego glamour and let it eat her.
“You’re something else, Violet Maekin.” It sounded like a compliment, and she decided to take it as such. “We
“You should name him War.” The cat purred. Roman stared at his familiar and his shoulders loosened. “Thank the gods. He likes it.”
He was hers completely and irrevocably, and he would do whatever it took to make her his, too.
Nothing hurt more than knowing she had his heart but couldn’t keep it. Nothing
Their souls were anchored to the ocean floor, weighed down by their confessions.
He’d watched her do this countless times and wished he could be the one holding her bucket every single one of them.
“That means it’s me they don’t like. Even the gods.” Roman
picked up her head and looked to the gods. “I won’t change.” The words came out nasally from crying. “One day I’ll be enough as I am, whether you think so or not.”
“I will marry Violet. If our people refuse to kneel before her, I will cut them off at the knees. They will have no choice but to kiss her feet.”
“She either married another or she’s dead,” he confirmed, answering the question on both his parents’ faces. And he cared not which one.
“If you insinuate Violet isn’t Roman’s mate again, I will choke you until you pass out.” Roman’s father smirked and leaned forward. “Don’t tempt me, Sarah. You know I like it—”
“I will soak the earth beneath your feet with the blood of anyone who disrespects you.”
Roman straightened and spun to look at the small crowd. “I would lay my life down for this kingdom and any of you.” He ushered a still-stunned Violet forward. “Except when it comes to your queen. I would not hesitate to make a necklace of your bones if she’d only ask.”
“You’re mine in every way,” he told her softly. “Forever. In every lifetime. No god or man can take you from me without joining me in death, and if they send me to hell for my sins, I will claw my way back to you, princess. Always.”
He’d always wanted to be the one to hold her bucket. And now he was.
Roman would send himself to the gods and claw his way back with Violet in his arms.
