Lor (Monstrous, #7)

by Lily Mayne

“Remember the legends about the salyik chieftain’s strange mate? The unknown creature that appeared from nowhere? They had to have come from somewhere. Why not some… other world?”

Oh shit

There were still rumours to this day that one had survived whatever fate befell them that day. Travelling folk insisted on seeing a lone isdernuc wandering the lands, sometimes in the company of one of the telyths—the ghoulish creatures from a forgotten age.

My babies!!!!

And its ears were tiny. Rounded at the top. I eyed them in alarm. Had someone maimed it? How cruel.

Lmfao noooo

“Gittovmee!” the creature was screaming, trying to buck Lyri off. “Gittov—Omigawdwaddafukwaddafuk.” “Do you think that’s its… war cry?” Lyri asked, cocking his head as he stared down at the creature. “Or a distress call?”

Im crying

This is a weird spaceship, I vacantly thought, but then two werewolves walked in, and I passed out.

Ffs lol

At least she had gotten to see Lyri shape his body into the man he had always been. She had immediately called for the royal healthkeeper when he finally told her, years after he had told me, his hand sweating in mine the night we had gone to her chamber for him to finally tell her that he was her son, not her daughter.

“Hoh-lee sheet,” he croaked. I wondered if it was a greeting of some kind. Lyri had laughed at my awful attempt to mimic the creature before, but I swallowed and timidly repeated, “H-hoh-li sheeet.”

Lmfao

His name was Juhgz. What an odd name—so unusual and exotic. I wondered if it held any special meaning in his world, in his language. Maybe it was a noble name, like mine.

Lmao no bb

“No, we can do it as much as we want. B-but there’s… there’s another way to kiss when you… really like someone.” “Is there?” I eagerly leaned even closer. “How? Can we do that?”

Lmao

Sow those wild oats, you know? Or, I mean, not so wild, if you’re in a committed relationship. Sow those committed oats, my man.”

Lmfao tf

“Fuck anyone who makes you feel like shit for who you are, man,” Anton said with surprising vehemence. “You gotta live your life how you’re meant to live it. That’s all any of us can hope to achieve, right?”

Hfy

“I haven’t really achieved much, but making the decision to come back here, to meet you properly, is the thing I’m most proud of in my life,” he told me quietly. “I love you, Lor. I don’t regret any of it. And that… that helps. It helps me accept what”—his breath shuddered out of him—“what’s going to happen. It was all worth it. I love you.”

Sobbing

“And we still have a bit more time,” he said as he pulled back, smoothing my hair from my damp face. “Let’s do something fun tomorrow. Well, as fun as it can get in this room.” He chuckled. “We’ll do whatever you want,” I whispered, twining our fingers together on the pillow between us and kissing his knuckles. “Anything. We will spend the whole day together.” He smiled back drowsily, eyes already slipping shut, face lined with exhaustion after his emotional onslaught. “Sounds nice.” The next morning, he didn’t wake up.

Omfg

“Please.” Sinking to my knees, I clutched her hand, pressing my forehead to the back of it. It was something the Moric should never, ever do—the lowliest form of supplication. “Please don’t let him be taken from me. Please.” “I will do everything I can, Moric,” she said thickly, squeezing my shaking fingers.

Crying

“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.”

It was so inhuman, unlike anything else, but I loved it. I loved him—everything about him. He was my person. The one I was always meant to be with, even though we were from different worlds. Even though we’d been torn apart for so long. He’d waited for me.

Awwwwww

“Oh my god,” he breathed, his voice muffled by the pillow. “I’m gonna come—I’m gonna come—” Please, I wanted to beg, because I was barely hanging on.

Lmao oh bb

“You have me,” he breathed, wrapping his arms back around my neck and hugging me tight. I felt his lips move against my skin as he said, “From the moment we met, you have had me.”

Swoon