Between Wrath and Mercy (The Divine Between, #1)

by Jess Wisecup

“Lady Emmeline, stand up. You’ve never once knelt before me—why start now?”

“We are going to find her. And then I’m going to kill your husband.” The voice belonged to the Bloody Prince, but his soft expression belonged to Rainier. It belonged to Rain. My Rain.

“I promise, Em, I’m with you on this. Until the end.”

“I’m alright, Mama, I’ve never been afraid of the dark.”

“It has been, is, and will always be you. And fuck, if that hasn’t complicated my life enough already.”

You’ve crawled into my veins, and nothing I have done has gotten rid of you.”

“There is no moving on from this, Em. No closure, not for me. Believe me, if there was a way, I’d have found it.”

“You want me to scream at you?” His eyes flashed dangerously, and he leaned in, lips brushing against my ear. “I want you to scream for me. But I’ll take what I can get.”

“I love you, Emmeline. I have loved you from the start, and I will love you until we are both just a whisper on the wind. It’s your eyes I see when I close mine, your heart I want to hold, and I’d set this whole damn world on fire if you wanted to watch it burn.”

“Marry me, you beautiful, venomous fool.”

“I’m yours, Rain. Every part of me.”

My home had never been a place. My home had always been Rain.

Until my last breath, I am yours.” “And even then, we’ll find each other. I’ll always find you.”

You ignited a flame in me which has burned and sputtered and raged. Ours is a fire that will never go out. Ours is a fire that will swallow us whole, and I’d rather burn with you than live in the dark.”

“It’s more than love, my wife. I crave you, I need you, I cannot live without you; I burn for you.”

I was the Beloved. I had been goddess blessed.

“No, no, no, no. What did I tell you about kneeling for me? You kneel for no one.”