Chapter 686:

“I love you,” she breathed, caressing his cheek.

“I love you with all my heart. And I will love you until the day I die.”

“Those are big promises,” he murmured, slowly rising to his full height, towering over her. He tipped her chin up with his fingers to meet his gaze.

“But they are best made, because now, you are fully mine.”

“Yours.”

“Look at me, Aekeira, and remember how serious these eyes were when I said this: Do not ever leave me. I will chase you to the ends of the world to bring you back. I will lock you in my bedchamber if that’s what it takes to keep you by my side forever.”

Then, he swept her into his arms, lifting her off her feet in a fiercely possessive hug.

“Thank you for bringing this faraway dream of mine close enough to touch.”

upon his bed. He had been

from his grasp. Torn away like every other good thing

a

carried

beyond their small circle knew of it. Vladya had not yet shared the news with his people.

was its own form of protection. The more concealed she remained, the

His family.

thickened his throat—an ache both familiar and foreign. Those were words he never thought

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would be something real, something his own. Vladya’s eyes drifted to the sheets draped over her form, shielding her belly. He knew not what he sought to find, yet in the past few hours, he had looked at that belly more than

once seemed so distant—like a far-off dream—suddenly be

to his conversation with

anything more I can do? Something different to make these spells work?” Vladya

of the work,” the Oracle

the greater your chance of regaining your soul. And the more these rituals work, the more

all centers

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