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Thinks it will dilute my loyalty to him. Ridiculous. As if I have any loyalty to him at all.
“A woman empowered is a beautiful thing. One to be worshiped, not feared.”
It’s a delight. A true treasure, finding men who are so powerfully male yet attuned to their feminine side as well.”
But arousal does not equal my consent.
What is everyone’s obsession with eating me? Damn.
“I hate you, you big bastard,” I whisper, nosing against his cheek, but my tone is soft, tender. “I know,” he breathes. “I hate you, too, beautiful.”
Jim, Gabel—hold the wheel steady. We’re going to let the good ship Emberwatch fuck our little witch.”
A strange impulse takes root in my heart—the urge to worship her. To set her free, and to fall at her feet.
Kylar makes a gagging sound, even though he was the one holding Iro’s hand during sex a week ago.
“Be kind to yourself,” I tell him. “Everyone handles loss differently.
Jim is weeping openly, his head on Theo’s shoulder.
I feel the sick tug in my soul as I pass the point of no return, as I give her everything I have.
This is my lived nightmare. Everyone I know, dying around me. It happened once, and it’s happening again.
With a broken cry, Varrow leaps to her and pulls her into his arms.
She sacrificed herself for us, and he gave himself for her.
Jim is shattered, and Kylar is roaring, beating his fists against a nearby tree, and Theo looks as empty as death. And Varrow—he’s holding Quressa tight, but I can see him shaking, his anguished gaze fixed on Iro.
I can’t stop my fingers from moving, from linking and writhing together. I don’t know where to look. I can’t stand all the attention being fixed on me; it makes my skin hot, makes me feel as if a thousand tiny crabs are crawling over me.
I am one of the crew, a queen of the sea. A witch, and a pirate.

