"I love you, Rosa. I love you in all the ways I thought I shouldn't and I'm sick of being afraid of that. I'm sick of wanting you and not having you. Of needing you and not owning you. I meant it when I said I wanted to run away to a desert island with you. But I'd stay in Darkmore for the rest of my life if this was the only place where you were too." "Roary," I breathed, my heart pounding so fast that it deafened me as energy skipped and thrummed through my limbs and I tried to figure out what the hell I was supposed to say to that. "It's okay," he growled. "I'm not asking you to say it. I
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