Lor (Monstrous, #7)

by Lily Mayne

“I would wait my whole life for you,” he said quietly, trying to steady his voice even as tears continued to stream freely down his cheeks. He pressed his lips to my hand again. “I would wait forever for you, Jugs.”

“I love you,” he whispered back, raising a trembling hand between us to press his fingertips against my bare chest. “I have been so empty without you, Jugs. But you kept my heart safe in here.”

Tucking my face into his neck, I mumbled, “I don’t want to go back. I want to stay here with you. Is that… is that possible? Can we be together here?”