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She had been his best friend, his mate, the other half of his soul. Even as children, he would have traded his life for hers in a heartbeat.
Vera’s body could knock a prince on his ass and give birth to new life. No man on all of Aleron could claim the same. That was something to be proud of. Men thought themselves so important, they put themselves on a pedestal, but it was the strength of the women who birthed, raised, and cared for them that kept their precious pedestal from crumbling.
She wasn’t ignorant, and she sure wouldn’t pretend to be just because her spread legs flustered their delicate, masculine sensibilities.
He dropped like a sack of potatoes. A gorgeous sack of gloriously toned potatoes.
Fear is a flame. It cannot be extinguished by will alone. You can let it burn you alive, or you can do something with it. Alter it, bend it to your will, forge it into a weapon.
“I’m tired of being invisible.” “You could never be invisible, little star. You burn too bright. Sulian may seek to hide you away, to steal your future and crush your spirit, but even he could not hope to smother the intensity of your fire. You are more than the pretty trophy he wants you to be.” He tapped the underside of her chin and let his fingers caress her jaw as he pulled away. “You know I speak truth. You can feel fate whispering in your ear as strongly as I can. I’ll be here when you decide to follow it.”
He was the one exerting dominance, but it made her feel powerful because it was her who made him lose control. She fucking loved it.

