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Why did I wish to die? Because I do not wish to endure heartbreak again. But here I am at the precipice once more. Because I think I am in love with you, selkie, and I know you will never feel the same way in return. That is my fate. But he said none of those words aloud.
How am I to start that conversation?” Perin huffed. “Hello, great and terrible sea beast. I am an insignificant selkie, whom you could eat as an afterthought. I wish to kiss you.” Anfar spread his palm over Perin’s chest, over his heart. “Hello, insignificant selkie, whom I could eat as an afterthought. I am a great and terrible sea beast.” He lifted his head and brushed his lips over the stubble at Perin’s jaw. “I wish to kiss you.” And so…they did.
“For it shall be a war only between us. No soldiers. No slaughter. You shall do all you can to destroy all the worlds before you, and I shall do all in my power to ensure that you do not succeed. I shall be there to stop you, at every turn. Each time you raise an axe to an innocent, I shall attempt to still its blow.”
“It is not peace.” Abigail looked out at the Sunlit Court. Many had died. Many were wounded. But they were all still alive. “It is simply a smaller war. A personal one. He could not be dissuaded, and he never will. But the Unseelie King has agreed that until he defeats me, no others shall suffer his conquest.”