A Bond so Fierce and Fragile (Compelling Fates #3)

by Sophia St. Germain

Merrick would do a lot to save her life—anything, really—including sacrificing every soul in this realm, and any others he might stumble upon. But hurt her like that? He could never.

“If you die on that ship I will come to the afterlife and haunt you for fucking ever, and then we can talk about possessive.”

Unfortunately, he doubted an overprotective Fae male was her dream. Even if she did seem to like it in the bedroom.

I love you. And one night is not nearly enough. I told you. I want everything. I want to be your fucking mate, and I don’t know the right words, but I accept our bond—I welcome it—I’m proud of it.

“Perhaps we only get endings.” Merrick’s eyes searched hers, something in them flickering—an understanding, the way he always understood her, joining the night sky. “But let’s make that ending one for the fucking books, shall we?”

“Like this one, I want yours and mine to be the same. You are mine. I am yours. That’s just how it is. The good and the bad and the pretty and the ugly. We will fucking share it all. That’s how it was meant to be, and it’s how it will always be. I want the world to fucking know it. I want everyone I ever meet to see that every part of me—every dark corner of my soul—belongs to you.”

The entire time she worked on him, he whispered the two words he never wanted her to forget. “You and me.”

Merrick and Lessia… They were respect, they were fight, they were hope, they were… love.