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July 15 - July 25, 2025
My first. My guard. My friend. My betrayer. My partner. My husband. My heartmate. My everything.
“A move against my wife is a proclamation of war against me. Their fate is already sealed.
With the last Chosen blood spilled, the great conspirator birthed from the flesh and fire of the Primals will awaken as the Harbinger and the Bringer of Death and Destruction to the lands gifted by the gods. Beware, for the end will come from the west to destroy the east and lay waste to all which lies between.’”
“I love him,” I whispered. Kieran paused by my legs. “Are you just now figuring that out?”
“I love you, Penellaphe. You. Your fierce heart, your intelligence and strength. I love your endless capacity for kindness. I love your acceptance of me. Your understanding. I’m in love with you, and I will be in love with you when I take my last breath and then beyond in the Vale.”
“I know. You’re hungry. But you can’t eat Kieran. That would make me a little sad.”
“You can have it. Anything. Everything. You can have it all. I will make sure of it.”
“You are the foundation that helps me stand. You are my walls and my roof. My shelter. You are my home.”
“I…I tried to eat Kieran.” “He won’t hold it against you.” “I tried to eat Kieran while I was naked.” “That’s probably why he won’t hold it against you.”
“If you think that what I did was a shock, then you need to understand that I will do anything and everything for my wife.” Casteel’s gaze latched on to his father’s. “No risk is too great, nor is anything too sacred. Because she is my everything. There is nothing greater than her, and I do mean nothing.”
“I am no one’s Queen. I am just Poppy.”
“And you will be the Queen of nothing.
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“Do you have a changeling in your bloodline, Cas?” “Not sure, but I can tell you something’s changing in my pants right now,”
“I don’t know what you might think of me or what Alastir shared with you, but I didn’t choose to be the Maiden or to wear the veil. I didn’t choose to be a descendant of some deity or come back here and break bonds or usurp any bloodlines. The only thing I have ever chosen is your son.”
I am not the sum of the blood that courses through my veins.”
“The heart doesn’t care how long you may have with someone.” Kieran looked over at me, his eyes sheltered. “It just cares that you have the person for as long as you can.”
I was brave. I was fearless. And I ran from no one and nothing—and that included a crown.
“The only people I will ever know as my parents were killed to prevent this moment. I was left dead and scarred because of my birthright and forced to wear the veil because of my bloodline. My brother was Ascended because of it. I’ve had years of controlling my own life taken away from me. Innocent people have died because of what is owed to me. I almost died. And on the way here, we were attacked. None of that has stopped this moment from coming. The Crown belongs to me and my husband, and I believe you already know that.”
“You will bow before your Queen.” Casteel eyed the Atlantian coolly. “Or you will bleed before her. It is your choice.”
“I’d rather be optimistic than bigoted and close-minded, but I am never naïve.
“One’s instinct should always be trusted.”
“You are a King. My King. And you will always be my everything, but never will you be a thing.”
I was vengeance
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I wasn’t the Maiden. I wasn’t a Princess or even a Queen. I was a god.
“Make sure she knows that I am the Chosen, the One who is Blessed, and I carry the blood of the King of Gods in me. I am the Liessa to the wolven, the second daughter, the true heir, owed the crowns of Atlantia and Solis. I am the Queen of Flesh and Fire, and the gods’ guards ride with me. Tell the Blood Queen to prepare for war.”
