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“Aren’t you the big man raising a hand to your sister? What is she, half your size?”
My brother is driven to his knees and a moment later, I hear the strange, sickening snap of bone followed by Michael’s wail of pain.
“I like a little fight, a little fire,” he starts, and that gentle hand at the back of my head morphs into something else. Fingers weave into my hair turning into a fist and my head is tugged backward. Tears sting the corners of my eyes, but I refuse to look away as he takes in my features. “Just know that I will always win, Moth.”
If it’s a fighter he wanted, well, then lucky him, because I meant what I said. I will never again play good little victim.
I’d let her come even after this transgression. Not for her pleasure, but for mine. For me to see her face when her body betrays her. I wonder how she’d look at me then. After coming on my dick.
“But you are naïve, Little Moth.” I lean closer, my gaze sweeping her features, noting the smooth skin, the slight flush that creeps over it whenever I’m near. I pull her to me, press my cheek to hers and bring my mouth to her ear. “Because you don’t yet understand that you already belong to me.”
“Life is a matter of perspective, Allegra. Have you ever wanted something so badly, even knowing how bad it is for you, that you’d be willing to die for it? Think of the moth wanting so badly to be a part of the flame she’s unable to resist even knowing it will burn her up. Consume her. That’s neither ugly nor stupid. The symbolism, well, that’s beautiful.”
“You’re mine, Allegra. Mine. Do you understand that?” “I will never be yours, Cassian. Never. Do you understand that?” I laugh an insane man’s laugh. “But you already are. You were mine from the first moment I laid eyes on you.”
“You have belonged to me ever since the moment you walked into your father’s study with those ridiculous wings on your back. You’re the only woman I’ve thought about since that night. You’re wild and violent and angry and you are mine. Only mine, my Little Moth. And once we’re upstairs, I’m going to show you exactly what it means to belong to me.”
“Turn what was weakness, what was fear, into strength, Allegra. Transform it into your power. Choose to change the way you see it and what you see will change.”
