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January 14 - January 15, 2025
“It looks like you’ve been sunbathing.”
“Because he’s...
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“Like, super ...
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“What do you think happens when he s...
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“But he didn’t break you.”
“I heard one of them talk about how they wanted to make a cloak out of my fur,” Delano said from where he rode to our right. His brows were furrowed. “My fur should be reserved for something far more luxurious than a cloak. I bit him extra hard for that.”
“Honeydew,”
“Under the right or, I suppose extreme circumstances, those of his kind can become quite possessive.”
“He’ll be fine. Although, I suggest you take this time to prepare yourself before he returns.”
“Well,”
“There are many he could’ve fed from but he hasn’t.”
“Why? Why would he let it get to this point?”
“That’s a damn good question,...
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What would’ve happened if he hadn’t…well, fed from me differently? And why in the world had I allowed him, when he was obviously not in his right mind, to do what he’d done? And why had he done that? Did bloodlust elicit such actions? Or was it because he’d sensed my arousal?
“I was waiting to see if you’d like to get some breakfast.”
“Are you hungry right now?”
“No, Casteel is just more…alive when he’s with you,”
“And the past tense is correct. Even if he lives, he will not be who he used to be.”
“You’re not asking for my advice, but I’m going to give it to you, nonetheless. This time, I truly hope you listen.”
“Don’t bring up Shea with Cas. That is a road you don’t want to travel with him. Ever.”
“And why does that matte...
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“This marriage will only be temporary, correct? Why do you need to know about those who shaped who he is today? That kind of knowledg...
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“It’s not because of you, Penellaphe. It was his choice. Just as it has been his choice not to feed.”
“He doesn’t care for me.”
“He gave you his blood when you didn’t need it, just so you wouldn’t be in pain when you woke—”
“Even if that were the case, which it isn’t, if he didn’t care, he wouldn’t have been concerned over you being uncomfortable during our travels, would he? And if he didn’t care, he would’ve used a hundred different compulsions at this point, no matter how temporary, to keep you better controlled, something that would make all our lives easier.”
“He wouldn’t be marrying you, risking the ire of not just his entire kingdom but also his parents, who you will soon discover are not two people you want to anger just so you have a chance to make it through this alive, free from the Ascended and from him. If that is what you choose,”
“But more importantly, he would’ve stuck to the plan he spent year...
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would’ve already been halfway to Carsodonia to exchange you for his brother. Yet, here we are. And the only reason why any of that changed is because once he g...
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“Too bad, because you need to hear this. He cares for you just like you care for him despite the lies and the betrayal,”
“And just so you know, the only reason I didn’t end your life the second I learned that you stabbed him in the heart is because he cares for you. Is that less vague enough for you, Penellaphe?”
“The night before I learned who he really was, I had already decided that I could no longer be the Maiden. It wasn’t just because of him. Maybe how I felt about him was the start of me realizing that I could never live in the skin of the Maiden, but I wanted to stay with him,”
“Even though I thought he was a Royal Guard and would have to basically go into hiding with me, I wanted to be with him—to stay with him somehow. Because he made me feel…. He made me feel like I was alive.”
“I did care for him. I cared for...
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“He was Casteel then just like he’...
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“And you know that. You just aren’t ready...
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“But even so, sometimes, the heartbreak that comes with loving someone is worth it, even if loving that person means eventually saying goodbye to them.”
“Cas told me once that he felt as if he already knew you after speaking with you just a few times.”
“I think you’re heartmates.”
And come to think of it, why in the hell hadn’t Kieran brought this up? Then I thought of having this conversation with Kieran, and I wanted to take a wire brush to my brain.
“Well, since I learned about it from him, I wished I could’ve punched you in your face.”
“I’m so incredibly unworthy of you,”
“Sorry,” he whispered against my lips. “I know I should’ve asked first, but your laugh… It undoes me, Poppy.”
“Does that mean we could…we could be married here?”
“Yes.”
“Dear gods, you have her on her own horse? Soon, she’ll be running one of us over instead of stabbing us.”
“Only because you wanted to do violent and terrible things to me.”
“If you wish for future feedings—and I’m sure you realize there will be future ones—to be less intimate, you could offer him your wrist.”
“Well, that information is so very helpful now.”
“Did you just feel something weird?”
