Chapter 617:

“Give yourself a break,” she interrupted in a small voice as she nuzzled against his neck, ravenously breathing in his familiar scent. “Do me one favor. Stop hating yourself. Stop the guilt, the anger. We have been through far worse. We’ll get through this… together.”

“No, there is nothing worse than this. There is…” a shaky breath. “I have prepared a special carriage and entourage to see you home safely.”

Emeriel bit her lip.

“For so long, I wanted to hold onto you,” Daemonikai said, lowly. “You were the one bright star in a sky so dark it swallowed everything else. I wanted to keep you for myself. But my mind is unstable again, Emeriel. What I did to you… I cannot bear the thought of it happening again.”

She pulled back just enough to look him in the eyes, cupping his face. Her palms were warm against his cool skin as she tilted his head so he couldn’t look away.

“I am going to say this once. Just once. And I want you to listen to me, Daemon. Truly listen.”

conflicted eyes

of all, I knew exactly what I was getting into when I fell in love with you,” she stated firmly. “For the Light-Gods’ sake, I loved your mad beast first. Did you hear

raging, mad beast was my first love. Do you know what that means?” She let the words settle. “It means I never expected this to be all bed and roses. Our love has thorns, and that’s okay.

m??e u?d?tes ?n ɢ?l??v?l?.???

you have prepared? Use it

in sheer misery. “This is not a one-time occurrence. It

She stopped breathing. “What?”

again. I had Wegai bring me the strongest chains we have to restrain

moment, a small, uncertain voice—the voice of the girl whose body had been put through the

voice was rough. “Oh, Emeriel… where do we go from here, when I put you

worked tightly. Do not waver. Do not

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