Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy, #4)

by Caroline Peckham

“It’s too late,”

Noooooooo

I’d never wanted anyone like I wanted Darius Acrux, but I’d never hated anyone like I hated him either.

“So, you’ve realised that all the time you spent torturing me, you should have been falling in love with me?” I asked bitterly. “Well, it’s too late, you can’t undo what you’ve done-”

Oh my gosh

“I was falling in love with you,” Darius replied, his voice cracking. “Everything else wasn’t real. That’s not who I really am! I-”

Ugh my heart

“Please,” Darius asked again. “I’m giving you my heart. If you give me yours in return, I’ll spend every moment of our lives proving to you that I can be worthy of it.”

“If fate is so cruel as to only offer me true love with a man who could hurt me as much as you have, then I’ll go without love,” I swore. “You want my heart? I’d sooner cut it out than give it to you.”

Stooooop my heart

“Please, just be mine, Tory,” Darius begged.

“I’d rather be alone,” I whispered.

Ahhh nooooo

“Please,” he rasped. “I need you to be the last thing I see.”

Noooo I’m crying he can’t die

“Don’t say that,” I sobbed as his blood rushed through my fingers. “You’re going to walk out of here, Lance Orion. You don’t die like this in some dark cave. I need you.”

“You made the last few months the happiest of my life, Darcy Vega. I’m sorry for being an asshole when we first met – biggest regret of my life.”

“I promise. But you’ll be there too. Darius needs you. I need you.”

“You don’t need me, beautiful. I was always a shitty teacher,” he said, taking a rattling breath that chilled me to my core.

Nooo not like this

“I love you,”