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May 22 - June 2, 2025
“My dear queen, if you do not eat, you’ll faint. If you faint, I’ll have to peel your slippery body off the floor and carry you back to our room. Don’t make me do that. I’m tired.”
He’s the image of heartache and the devil’s wrath.
“That kiss was my whole world, honey.”
“And I can’t be selfish because I love you.”
“Go home. Wait for me there until it’s my turn, okay? You can go home now. You can be with Sophia and Arthur.”
“I’ll love you until hell freezes over,” I croak. “Go see the stars.”
What am I without the man I love?
“Before I let you go, I’m going to make one last promise.” I swallow down the growing lump in my throat, making it painful to speak. “I won’t ever love again. And I’ll never lose hope that I’ll see you again, either. Until hell freezes over.” And even then.
“You’re right, Runa. This isn’t the face of the girl you first met. This is the face of a woman who has just lost… everything.”
“Who would have guessed that the three-year-old little girl with curly golden hair and squishy pink cheeks would have me wrapped around her little finger for the rest of my life?” He sighs, stroking her cheek with his tan fingers. His brow knits together in affliction or sorrow at the sight of her.
“But women are dragons kept in chains, convinced that they are helpless little birds. But that’s a lie, dashna. It’s time someone told ya that ya can breathe fire.”
“Be the dragon that flies over men, dashna.”
I’ll want to curl up in that tree house again, go to sleep for hours, and pray I won’t wake. I’ll want to wallow until the life slips from my lungs. Let it pull me into the darkness until there’s nothing left. And, oh, how that darkness is tempting.
you can keep me until hell freezes over.”
I could have loved you sooner or realized”—air whooshes from my chest—“I’ve loved you my whole life!”
now, there is no more sun. And—I’m so cold. I’m so cold, and I’ll never get warm again. Because my sun is gone. It’s dead, and it’s not coming back.”
If you can’t survive without the sun, then we’ll build a fire.”
“I remember you.” My sun. My warmth. My childhood best friend. My knight to fend off the darkness. My avenger of those who meant me harm. My love. My home. I remember.
Because I am the puppeteer. And this asylum is my stage.
“I lost the only man I’ve ever loved.”
“She’ll be far more powerful than I can fathom. If she uses this place to channel her rage, get her a message for me. Tell her to keep going. This is far from over.”
“You can fake your death. Control the outcome so they won’t have a chance to hurt either of you.”
The man that would ride through hell, endure endless torture, walk through fire just to save me. The man with the heart covered in armor. The avenging alter. Dessin.
“Will you wait for me?” I asked him. “Until I’m old and gray.”
“As hard as this might be for you, to be left in the dark, to have an endless stream of questions. I promise it’s harder for me. It’s ripping my heart out. It’s”—he took a steadying breath—“burning me alive, honey. I want to tell you everything. But I can’t. Not until this is all over.”
“And I’ve loved you my whole life.”
“I have waited half my life to hear you say that,” I breathe out, trapping her face between my hands. “I love you, Skylittle. I’ve loved you every moment since I pulled you from that basement. I’ve loved you as a child, a teenager—but as an adult, I am deeply, madly, agonizingly in love with you.”
“You’re far more beautiful than what I imagined.”
thought of spilling inside of you, giving you a baby… it makes my dick so hard.”
“I’m going to fuck you until you forget the days you had to live without me. I’m going to fuck you until you forget your own name.”
It’s you and me, baby. We’ve got this.”
