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"I am not a good man.” He swallowed hard. “But I am trying to be right now.”

"It didn’t make any sense, and all of this back and forth was starting to make my head hurt."

LOOK! It's not just me lol

My brain hurts, I need to reread this part and hopefully understand it better this time around 😵‍💫

“Are you ready?” Breath catching, I nodded. “I want to hear you say it.” The corners of my lips tugged up. “Yes.”

#Consent is hot

"“I was right.” “About what?” “About you being brave and strong,” he explained."

“You trusted me last night, but more importantly, I know that what we shared is a risk.” It was. He stepped closer to me, and all I could smell was that pine and dark spice of his. “And it is an honor that you’d take that risk with me, Poppy. So, thank you.”

THIS MAN

“I bet I can get you relaxed enough that you sleep like you’re on a cloud, basking in the sun.” I snorted again, rolling my eyes. “You doubt me?” “There is nothing anyone or anything in this world could do that would make that happen.”

“I can, and when I’m done, right before you drift off to sleep with a smile on your face, you’re going to tell me I’m right,” he told me."

😏

“Never mind. And I don’t sleep well. That’s another reason why I was at the Pearl.” “Nightmares?” “Sometimes. Other times, my head doesn’t…go quiet. It replays things over and over,” I said, the shivering easing a little. “What is your mind so loud about?” he asked. The question caught me off guard."

“You’re intriguing,” Hawke commented as Setti trotted ahead of Airrick. “Intriguing is your favorite word,” I told him. “It is when I’m around you.” I let myself grin because no one was watching, and I wanted to. “Why am I intriguing now?” “When are you not intriguing?”

SPOILER

"Some truths do nothing but destroy and decay what they do not obliterate. Truths do not always set one free. Only a fool who has spent their entire life being fed lies believes that.”

THE B***H KNEW