Chapter 423:

Admitting it aloud for the first time was like shedding twelve heavy cloaks Daemonikai hadn’t known he was wearing.

“Oh…dearest, I know.” Evie gave a kind, watery smile. Taking his hand, they walked along the shore, the waves lapping gently at their feet. “I know you better than you know yourself, Daemon.”

He breathed deeply, the air suddenly feeling lighter, fresher. He could finally say it without drowning in sorrow, without the rain of guilt.

It was exhilarating.

“I don’t know what I ever did to deserve a woman like you, Evie,” Daemonikai said sincerely.

“I was the lucky one,” she exhaled a slow breath. “Always have been.”

“Galilea made me feel strange things. But I was okay with it, for it distracted me from my misery. That was, until I found out why she made me feel that way.” He stared out at the ocean. “I felt so angry, deceived. Guilty. I thought sending her away was the best thing to do.”

it wasn’t, was

first, he felt nothing but emptiness. Then his nightmares came more frequently, followed by dreams of her in his

the center of his universe. On the other side, he saw

a

didn’t make things easier, did they?” As

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recalled the night they flooded his mind.

Emeriel patiently hand-feeding him.

beast mounting her again

he’d felt as he tore apart

need to protect her, a need to

his beacon of light in the face of

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