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On this day eleven years ago, Knox and I broke the chains. We ran and never looked back. We were kids, but we earned our freedom. We saw an out, so we took it.
“I was going to kick him out of our lives until I saw you with him. You’ve never been at ease with someone like you are with Ronan. Not even with me — and I hate it, by the way. I’m supposed to be your favourite.”
The little girl with black hair and soulless eyes appears in front of me. Silent tears fall down her cheeks, but she’s not speaking. She’s not doing anything. She just stands there in her torn collar and dirty dress. Help me. Save me. Free me. She doesn’t have to say the words for me to feel them. She’s always been there; she’s the constant shadow on my shoulder. And now, I have to get justice, for her. For me.
I want to hold her, and maybe if I do so tightly enough, she’ll eventually open up to me, too.
I’ve never felt as alive as when I’m with you. I never woke up and felt happiness until I realised you were by my side.
You set me on fire, and you didn’t run away from the ashes. You kissed me and didn’t want to leave me.
You’re the light despite the darkness. You’re the hope despite the black dots. You’re strong despite the weakness.
What I feel for you is more than love. It’s something overpowering, but also empowering. It’s believing I can be normal even when I don’t know what normal is. It’s smiling and laughing out loud without even realising it.
I wish we’d met under different circumstances and with different names. I wish I could wake up to your face every day. If there’s a next life, let’s meet there, okay? Goodbye, Teal
A tear slides down my cheek then, and I taste salt. I pause, my eyes widening. A tear. My first tear for myself in over a decade.
I can’t live in a world where Ronan hates me, so it’s only fair I pay for my sins in this life. Where Edric goes, I’ll go. Maybe there, I’ll be free. Maybe there, I’ll think of a life where Ronan and I were meant to be together. I’m sorry, Ronan. I’m so sorry.
Lars, however, has his neutral, snobby expression on as he gives me a napkin. “You got filthy blood on your hands, young lord.”
I slowly close my eyes. If I look at him, I won’t be able to go through with this. If I look at him, I’ll be tempted to abandon everything and run into his arms, but that will only destroy me in the long run.
He’s my light, and I won’t let any darkness wrench him away from me.
“Why do you look beautiful even when you cry, belle?” he teases in a husky voice.
“You…” I swallow the lump in my throat. “You still want me?” “Still? Did I ever stop?” He brings my hand to his mouth and brushes his dry lips against the skin. “I’ll never stop wanting you, belle. You’re made for me.” “You’re made for me too.”
“I love you, Ronan. I love you as I’ve never loved anyone before.”
“I love you, Teal. Now and always.”
We started with a touch. The first time he did it in RES’s library, I kind of fell under his spell and he fell under mine.
It’s not only his physical beauty, though; it’s also his soul that speaks to me and wrenches me out of my own soul.
He’s the calm after the storm. He’s the light after the darkness. He’s everything.
People say we’re too young to get married, but it’s not about age for me. I’ve decided Ronan is the only human being I’ll spend the rest of my life with. It’s a cemented fact. So why delay it?
There’s nothing I love in the world more than kissing this woman and imprinting myself on her.
She understands me even before I say anything. She holds me without me having to ask for it.
Teal has always struggled with feelings, but not with me — never with me. She was strong then, but now she’s invincible.
“Have I mentioned today how much I love you, Ronan?” “I must’ve forgotten.” “I love you,” she whispers in my ear. “Not more than I love you, ma belle.”
