A Dream So Wicked (Entangled with Fae, #5)

by Tessonja Odette

The most delicious thought occurred to me then: could he lift me over his shoulder as easily?

Within these walls, I’m content. But contentment isn’t the same as freedom.

Not even her dour gray gown can hide those ample curves. Besides, thanks to one naughty dream of hers, I’ve seen her naked.

OH SHIT😭

“I’m going to erase you, Mr. Blackwood,” she says, voice strained by the puckering of her lips, courtesy of her still-squished cheeks. “I’ll never dream of you again after that, and I hate that it makes me sad. Thank you for being my dance partner. Now that I get to dance with real fellows, I wonder if you’ll still be the handsomest man I’ve met.”

“You don’t have to do anything to earn their love. You are enough exactly as you are.”

“I care because you deserve to be cared about, exactly as you are. You don’t have to earn that. You just have it. My care is yours.”

You deserve to be cared about. You, my enemy. You, my friend. You, the girl who haunted my dreams. You are worthy as you are in every form.”

It secretly states that I love her. That I’ve deeply and completely fallen for the girl that should be my nemesis. That even though I’ll never ask her to choose me, I’ll choose her. I’ll choose her over revenge, over the feud that threatens to break us, over the name I was born with, over the family I’m supposed to be loyal to. I’ll choose her. And I’ll do anything it takes—sacrifice everything, even my own heart—to ensure she gets the happiness she desires.

“But let me say it once to you. I love you. I have ever since you were nothing but a dream. And I continued to love you when you were revealed to be my enemy. I loved you when you annoyed me. I loved you because you annoyed me. Briony, I love you with every inch of my soul, and I want you to keep that somewhere deep inside. I want your heart to remember that you were loved. That you deserve love still. But everything else, I want you to forget.”