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True strength was found not in muscle and bone, but in hearts and spirit. True strength was in staring at a world so much larger than oneself, a world determined to crush you, and fighting on even when there seemed to be no hope of success.
No. If all the black space between the stars and more than a hundred years had not been able to keep Ketahn and Ivy apart, this door certainly would not prevent their reunion.
“No matter what might have happened, I would have found my way back to you. You are my mate, my heartsthread. I will never forsake you. I will never betray you.”
She smiled to herself. Her mate. Her lover. Her very own sexy, insatiable spider man.
“I am happy. I am full of pride. I am full of love. For Ivy Foster is my mate, and no one on any world can claim such fortune.”
“Say that scars were pain. She should not look upon them with shame. She does not have to feel pride, but when she sees them, she should take pride in herself. Because she survived whatever left them. Because she, like each of you, is strong.”
“We could have landed on some ice planet. Least the weather is nice enough here for skinny dipping.”
“My little mate means to claim me?”
“You are mine, Ketahn. You will always be mine.”
Ketahn filled that emptiness inside her; he filled her to bursting, heart, body, and soul, and she still wanted more, still needed more of him. She could feel the rapid, pulsing beats of his hearts in her core.
“I weave my word into a bond, my nyleea. Nothing in this world shall harm you or our broodling. You are the heart that beats outside my chest.”
What did the universe matter when she had her mate? What did any of it matter when she had love?
“I am yours,” he rasped, cupping the back of her head in his hand. “Nothing will take me from you. Not the Tangle, not the Eight, not her.”
“Beg me, Ivy,” he rasped, letting his breath flow over her sex again. “Beg me for pleasure.”
“I will, my heartsthread. You have my word. My vow. My promise. For you, I would stand alone against the Eight. I would find a way to cross the blackness between the stars. Nothing will keep me from you.”
“You are my heart beating outside my chest, Ivy. You are my reason, my desire, my everything.”
