“I just . . . well, you‘ve been in front of my building for the past three hours, and you see, I‘m a doctor. I wanted to . . . I wanted to make sure you were still alive.” “I‘m not,” she says. She isn‘t sure why she said it so quickly, but suddenly nothing has ever felt more true. She‘s been dead for a year.
“You don‘t hate me like you pretend you do, do you? If you want me on my knees, Anastasia, we can make that happen.”
“That I would fight with every breath in my body to make you feel safe around me. To convince you that we can be equals, that we can have what soulmates have. I‘ve waited this long, Isla, and I‘ll continue to wait for as long as it takes.”
And suddenly, there is no hesitation. The words just travel effortlessly across the table straight from his lips to my ears. “Ms. Underwood, you looked exquisite on your knees.”
“I love you,” he repeated without hesitation. “I‘ve loved you since the first moment I saw you. And I‘ve only loved you more since I got to touch you, kiss you, make you mine. Every new thing I discover about you is yet another reason why I‘m a fuckin‘ goner. Why I‘m yours for life.”
“I don‘t care if you‘re good for me,” I say. I kiss him deep and hard. I kiss him like he kissed me at the art show—like I‘ll eat him alive.
“You deserve more.” I smile at him. “I deserve you,” he tells me. “After all this time, I deserve you.”
“Come along, little wife,” I purred, wrapping my claws around her slim arm and guiding her towards the aisle. “You smell like a meal, and it‘s time for the feast.”
Though my heart has been blackened by all the blood I‘ve spilled and all the dark thoughts I‘ve kept and nourished over the many years, when you look at me like this, I believe there may be some good left in me yet.
“It‘s true. Because you are my reason.” “You called me that last night.” “I did. You‘re my mate, but you‘re also my reason. My reason to exist. My reason to survive. My reason to hunt, to fight, to endure. I do it all for you, and for the chance that, someday, you might return just a fraction of the love I have for you, my mate.”
“I am very happy. Because I have your essence now and I can sense your feelings for me.” Loki Beams. “And you love me. Maybe not as much as I adore you , but that‘s only fair. I‘ve longed for you my whole life, loving you in an instant. It will take more time for you to share my feelings, but I promise you, I will stop at nothing until you do.”
How long has my love had to suffer in this reality without me knowing who he even was?
If she had been a candy jar, he would have eaten and eaten until he threw up and then still he would have eaten more.
“Because you make me weak, kairos, and I should have killed you long ago to prevent that weakness from spreading.”
“I care for you, my Anna. I should like to love you, too.”
“I am where I always have been, love: at your feet waiting for you to claim me as your own.”
“You have no guards?” “I am the guard.”
