Eclipse of the Crown (Villains & Virtues, #3)

by A.K. Caggiano

“I wish I could have done it for you—slit his throat and cut out his heart to lay at your feet—however you might have ordered it be done.”

He nearly fell to his knees right there, ready to devote himself to a goddess for the first time,

“I say a lot of idiotic things,” he grumbled, grip on her wrist and jaw tightening. “What I mean is that I want to keep you, your body, your soul. I want every beat of your heart for my own, and I want to be consumed by you.”