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He’d suspected she might be beautiful, yes – but this girl was not merely beautiful. She was stunning.
Never before had he been so consumed by thoughts of anyone.
She was everything he’d never realized he wanted in his future queen: not just beauty, but grace; not just grace, but strength; not just strength, but compassion. He’d heard her speak enough to know she was not only educated but intelligent, proud but not arrogant. Why should he not admire her?
“You have always been elegant, miss. I’m only sorry you’ve been tortured into thinking otherwise for so long.”
“I fear there is something about you that makes me angrier than most.” He laughed again. “I suppose I should not mind then, so long as I am memorable.”
“I haven’t the slightest idea what we’re doing,” he said softly. “Though if you mean to take me captive, you need only ask. I would come willingly.”
“The moon is a great comfort to you,” he repeated tonelessly. “What an odd thing to say.”
“I am an extremely generous person. Have you already forgotten how long I allowed you to sit on me?”
“You have consumed my thoughts since the moment I met you,” he said to her. “I feel now, in your presence, entirely strange. I think I might fetch you the moon if only to spare your tears again.”
“Friends?” he said, dismayed. “If your intention was to wound me, know you have succeeded.”
“Say you came back for me,” he whispered.
“I choose you,” he said simply. “I want you.”
