And I already told you that this does not matter. The Lavrika will bind you to me. And even if, by some breaking of fate, this does not come to be, I would defy its wishes and claim you anyway.” I paused then, running my claw along the inside of her lower lip, feeling her shiver under my touch. “I want to say that I will claim you anyway, if you will have me. But I already know this, too.” “Know what?” “That you will accept me. It may not be today. Or tomorrow. It may be many ages from now. We may be old and decrepit by then. But someday, somehow, I will make you feel for me what I feel for
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