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One, I feel more for Hudson Vega than I ever imagined I would. And two, I can never, ever tell him.
“But they will solve your problem.” “By killing us?” Hudson asks dryly. “Been there, done that. Not keen on a repeat.”
Humpty Dumpty Got Nothing on Us
“Then I become the monster everyone’s always expected me to be.”
something inside telling me I don’t have to be afraid. That he feels familiar. And more, that he feels safe.
“You totally could have snagged someone with a cheerier personality.” “Someone like you, you mean?” I ask dryly. “Me? I’m flattered.” He gives me a faux-shocked look that we both know is total bullshit. “But now that you ask, I do have an opening.” “Am I sitting here right now or am I fucking invisible?” Hudson asks. “For a guy who wants our help, you sure have a fuckton of nerve.” Remy looks him straight in the eye. “I’ve been living in this shithole my whole life. Nerve is the only thing I’ve got to my name.”
Is It Still Russian Roulette if the Gun Is Fully Loaded?
Some Days Life’s a Bowl of Cherries; Some Days It’s Just the Pits
“‘It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.’”
“I’d hate to see the other guy. Or should I say guys?” “You’re the best,” he tells me with a loopy smile that concerns me even more than the bruises. “See, Remy. This is why you need a mate! Didn’t even consider I’d lose, did you, honey baby?”
if I didn’t have the shortest fucking legs in existence.
“But what happens to me if you give up, Grace? What happens to me if I lose the mate I’ve waited almost two hundred years to find? You think you can’t make it if you lose me? What the fuck do you think happens to me if I lose you?”
I broke this beautiful boy’s heart, not by not loving him back as I always feared—but by not loving myself as much as he does.
“But I can’t do this alone. I need you more than you will ever need me. And I swear to God, if you give up on yourself when you refused to ever give up on me…I will follow you to the afterlife and drag your stone ass back one painful mile at a time. So stop whatever this bullshit is you’ve got going on right now and. Get. The. Fuck. Up.”
But there’s one thing he forgot to take, one thing my months at Katmere definitely taught me could be one hell of a weapon. The chandeliers. And these aren’t just any chandeliers.
What kind of jerks show up to a gladiator match anyway, let alone show up and want a little romance with their blood and gore? Assholes.
At first, I think he’s asking for my permission, but the longer I gaze back at him, the more I know that that’s not it at all. He’s seeking forgiveness, not for the past but for what he’s already decided to do.
Because for me, Hudson’s love is endless.
But this is Hudson, and if there’s one thing he’s better at than razing things to nothing, it’s bluffing. And as he stands up there, surveying everyone who has fought with him and against him, he raises his hands up again and bellows, “I will only show mercy once. Leave now or you. Are. Next.”
“It’s time to let him go,” Jaxon whispers to Flint. “You’ve got to let him go.” Flint nods even as his shoulders begin to shake. As he lets go of Luca, he seems to collapse in on himself, but Jaxon is right there, holding him up. Flint wraps himself around Jaxon, burying his head against his shoulder as he sobs.
But then she turns to me and smiles, and it takes my breath away all over again. And when she joins her non-tattooed hand with mine, hope trembles inside me like a bird just beginning to stretch its wings. Even before she whispers, “I love you. I think I’ve always loved you.” And just like that, the bird takes flight. Still, I don’t throw myself at her feet and gush the way I’m desperate to—a man needs some dignity, after all. Instead, I smile and whisper, “I know,” right before I take her mouth with mine.
“If he wants a war,” I say, looking around at our friends, all of whom look like they’ve been to hell and back, “then we’ll bloody well give him a war.”
Jaxon isn’t having it. Big surprise. The boy always was a drama queen.
“So you’re just going to walk away?” he mocks. “You get me out here, and now you’re just going to walk away without telling me what you want? Real mature, Hudson—” Something inside me snaps. “I want my brother back!” I hurl the words at him like knives.