Fated Throne (Zodiac Academy, #6)

by Caroline Peckham

“We won’t die,” he said with a shrug. “We’re the Heirs and the Savage Princess. Darcy and the dudebros. Wolfman, Bitey C, Fish Fury, Dragzilla, and the Phoen Dream.”

The found family is giving😍

"Because I'm not giving up on you, Roxy.

Crying

"You don't have love," he growled, his eyes flashing with reptilian slits as the Dragon beneath his skin peered out at me too. "You don't love that monster. You love Darcy. You love..." His brow creased and he shook his head. "I love you. And you promised me forever once.

"I promised you forever too, Roxy," he growled. "And I intend to keep my word."

I hated being tactile with anyone. Anyone except Darcy. Alright, and Darius. Apparently I only liked the D.

“I was too caught up pining for you, big boy,” he joked in return,

“But then I’m going down there to kick some ass.” “You’re so protective of me, sweetheart,” he joked. “Always, baby,” I agreed with a laugh

Pahahaha I love them

“So are we A.S.S. ramming or are we ramming the K.U.N.T.s? Because so help me, Angelica, I can’t think of a simpler way to phrase our noble work.”

"One time while I was in Darkmore, I drew all of his tattoos from memory alone just because I couldn't stop thinking about them. And then I stuck the pictures to the wall beside my bed so I could kinda feel like he was there while I was sleeping."

“We’re all at least a little fucked up, Tory,” he said roughly. “But the people who love us don’t give a shit about that. Better still – they love us even more for it.”

"No, you didn't. But you were mine from the first moment I laid eyes on you. You're just too damn stubborn to say it out loud."

Denial was my best friend who liked to braid my hair and call me pretty.

"You'd love being dominated by me, Roxy," he promised. "I'd pin you down and make you scream so good you'd forget all about trying to stop me as I marked you as mine so thoroughly that you'd never doubt that it was true ever again."

"It's you, dumbass," Roxy snapped, shoving me again and making me growl even louder. Why the fuck did she think it was a good idea to bait the beast in me when I was ready to- "It's only you. Even though it can't be, it fucking is."

I still want you. So fuck the stars. Fuck the moon and the meteors and the fucking clouds. Let the sky watch me as I tell it to get fucked. Nothing up there or down here gets to tell me what to do. You told me I was yours and I think that you're mine too."

"You think?" I asked. "I told you I love you. I tattooed it on my flesh, Roxy, I feel like I've made my feelings pretty clear.

So you don't think anything. You know I'm yours, every damn piece of me. But you've never told me what you want out o...

"I'm yours, Darius," she breathed, her voice barely audible over the storm. "And you're mine. No matter what."

"Tell me what to do, baby," I breathed,

he’s calling her baby now I can’t cope with that. JUST LET THEM BE HAPPY FFS

"You're mine where it counts, Darius. And I'm yours. Nothing can change that."

“I love you, Blue. I loved you then, I love you now, I’ll love you tomorrow even if I’m no longer on this earth. No time exists where I won’t love you.”

In the end there was only her for me. I'd inked it onto my skin and it was branded on my heart. She owned me entirely and I was never going to make any other choice.

I was free.

Crying. Fucking finally