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“You do have friends.”
“I do have friend. I have Zahra and some acquaintanceships. And then there’s you. I don’t even know what you are.”
“I’m your husband, your dreamboy.”
“I will not be explaining that to my parents at this juncture.”
He chuckled. “You look comfortable.”
“Regrettably, I feel comfortable.”
“Regrettably?”
Her eyes closed. “Sorry. See? I shouldn’t be allowed to speak my mind even a little bit.” She flinched. “I don’t mean… I just thought I was better than…” She bit her tongue. “I’m shutting up now.”
“Should we trade places?”
Her hands balled into fists as she dared to crack one eyelid. “What?”
“So I can show you what it looks like to be utterly enamored and helplessly entranced? So I can tell you how much I enjoy it? So I can beg for more, because I love you, and your touch, and your attention, and everything you are willing to offer without any shame…because it isn’t shameful to be vulnerable in front of the right people…because the right people won’t hurt you or ask you to be different. To me, Kassandra, you are everything that is right—perhaps explicitly the pieces you find to be the most wrong.”
Her cheeks bloomed in deeper shades than her hair. The entirety of the sky above Pollux and Kassandra took on the hues, plunging them into a crimsonscape.
Releasing a breath, Pollux swore, slipped the backs of his fingers up her cheek, and traced his touch around the curve of her ear. “I won’t tell anyone what happens here,” he murmured.
She pressed her lips together and watched him before whispering, “I hate how much I like you.”
His heart leaped, and his smile broadened. “You like me?”
“A lot. Against my will. And better judgment.”
“Better judgment?”
“You’re a man with magic powers and claws who has me pinned in a dream I didn’t invite you to. Do I have to explain why this power imbalance is disturbing? I can’t even rest without the chance you’ll come for me. It’s psychological warfare that plays on my already excessive exhaustion. I’m down to my final nerve, and you’re standing on it.”
“You’re far more powerful than I am.”
She arched a brow. “If that’s true, you still have more experience. Even weak weapons are more dangerous in the hands of someone who knows how to use them. Even a gun fails to work if someone can’t aim. See Storm Troopers for reference.” She searched his eyes. “It’s illegal how pretty you are.”
“Cael has yet to reprimand me on those legalities.”
She exhaled a laugh. “You’re smart, pretty, and funny, too. It’s really not fair. I have no natural defenses against these things.”
“I feel the same way about you.”
“I’m just like any other girl. What am I supposed to do in the face of someone who is both tender and confident in his masculinity?”
He kissed her blazing cheek. “Succumb?”
“You wish, don’t you?”
“My greatest wishes have already been granted, Kassandra.” He traced her cheek with a nail. “Every last one has been realized in you.”
“Not one big on ambitions if your greatest wishes conclude with getting a romantic relationship, huh?”
He shook his head. “You are the reason Meda has freedom. You will be the reason I someday do as well. My future with the family I have made, the family that has found me, the family that has chosen me, and the family I have chosen is brighter thanks to you.”
She searched his eyes. “What am I?”
