The WitchSlayer (Witch Bound, #1)

by Opal Reyne

“Why are you–?” Amalia stuttered through hiccupping breaths. “Cry, Amalia,” Rurik said, in his human form rather than his scaly one. He pulled her tighter. “It’s fine.”

he is so sweet to her

She hadn’t realised she’d needed someone to make sure she was okay until he said those words.

“What right do I have to decide that a creature’s life is valued less than my own?”

“I will not dissimulate myself with innocence to appease you.”

“Come, we will find something to sweeten the bathwater until it’s gone.”

she’s got ptsd from when she was burned at the stake so him finding scented bath oil for her to use while he hates the smell of it is so heartwarming 😭 she didn’t deserve all the shit humans did to her at all

Rurik found entertainment in teasing the pretty thing.

Rurik no longer wanted to take his anger and hatred out on her because she was there for him to do so. She hadn’t asked to be in the situation she was in, and he wouldn’t torment her needlessly.

One thing Rurik was very curious about was whether or not she liked his lair. He was very proud of it.

LMFAOO NOT HIM BEING SELF CONSCIOUS

“I already told you that I don’t like my hoards rearranged.” He’d moved these books into particular stacks so long ago that he barely remembered the ones at the bottom.

I very much like it when she looks at me like that.

“You miss a home that no longer exists to you, so... I have created a new one.”

CRYING HES IN LOVE

He wanted them on the same level so they could suffer together, by themselves.

rurik is absolutely hilarious

His desire deepened with every moment he spent around her, and he wouldn’t have it! He wouldn’t allow himself to be the only one who felt this way.

She’d seen children end their tantrums quicker than this adult male!

The sickly sweet scent of perfume permeated the air around her. The figment of burning flesh has returned.

i love how he helps her thru this

“I cannot sleep,” she explained. He figured it was so he wouldn’t ask her to move. She is afraid. And the fact that she was seeking comfort from him meant she still regarded him as something safe.

Amalia stared at his wings. “I was wondering. How would one mount you in order to ride you?” “By my hips, I would imagine.”

this dude lmfao

“You speak as if it’s not true, but you will not learn to fight to save yourself.” He often tried to convince her to learn how to wield a weapon. She always refused. “Why should I... when I have you?”

what she’s trying to say: i’m literally just a girl

Today, I will bed the Witch,

LMFAO

She didn’t turn to him, but she said, “The view is quite lovely here.” With his eyes still on her, he answered, “Yes, it is.”

AHHH NOT THE KDRAMA SCENE

He drifted his eyes around the walls before they eventually fell to her, like he was unable to keep them away from gazing upon her.

Usually he found blushing, bashful females annoying, but with Amalia, it was almost his undoing.

She has me under her spell. One that she didn’t cast.

“I’m hungry.” “Eat later, play now.”

“I fear pain.” She met his eyes with unwavering doubt. “I fear the agony of flames, I fear the stab of a knife, the suffocation of drowning. Death is an escape from worldly senses, and all I want is to not suffer or be afraid when I’m living in this world – or dying in it.”

She cried because she didn’t want to ride me against my will.

If she does not breathe, I will incinerate the world. A rumbling, dark growl bubbled from his chest like thunder as his face morphed into rage, and fury, and resentment so deep he knew he’d never felt anything like this before. If the world thinks I am hateful now, just wait until they see me if she is taken from it.

“When you shoved that blade into yourself, you took my heart, but not in the way they thought.”

He would set fire to the world around him, but never let a flame touch her.

YALL DONT KNOW HOW ROMANTIC THIS IS

He gave an irritated huff, gesturing to the spell again with his hand. “I love you. You love me. It makes sense I should have your mark.”

“I will have the child that is promised to me, and if any of you try to get in the way, I will rip your hearts from your chests and feed them to her so she can live as long as me!”

go off kinggggg