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“I love you,” “Let me love you.”

“It’s the scars that make them beautiful, princess,” he says quietly. "They're the battle wounds you got in pursuit of your art. Lessons learned in pain and punishment.”

“Do you seriously not consider yourself to be lovable?”

“I don’t know what comes next. I don’t know how to get past this. Most of all, I don’t know how to stop loving her. Goddamn her for that.”

“Good. Now spread your legs so I can fuck you awake properly.”

“Eyes on me, princess,” I groan. “Always on me.”

“Don’t be embarrassed, baby,” “You’re not sick, or fucked up, or broken because you get wet when I put my hands on you.” “If you’re sick, then so am I. If you’re fucked up, I am too. If you’re broken… We can be broken together.”

“And just like that, Nero freaking De Luca, the wolfish, monstrous, possibly sociopathic lord of darkness gently starts to give me a bath.”

“I like the way her presence makes my blood roar a little louder. The way her scent curls in my senses, hair, and skin and just fucking stays there, haunting me. The flicker in her eyes that takes me far, far away from the pain, the darkness, and the demons prowling inside me. I like talking to her, and I don’t really like talking to most people. That says a lot.”

“The annoying reality is, I like Milena being around. A lot.”