Page 177 of A Fate so Cruel
Rion worked his jaw and splashed water on his face before retrieving a cloth to wipe his body down.
He’d wait. Feel her out. If she proved herself innocent, he’d run her to the edge of the mountains and point her home.
If she didn’t—
A spark shot through Rion’s body as he recalled those cerulean eyes. Something deep in his body had come to life at the sight of them. Like she was the song he’d been trying to find his entire life.
That word echoed through him again. He didn’t understand it. Didn’t know what it meant or what he’d do about it. Rion only knew he liked the way that word tasted on his tongue.
Mine.
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