Chapter 741:

The world stood still.

Emeriel wiped at her eyes to be sure she had heard him right. Needing to see him, to be sure it was real.

“You just said…”

“I love you, I have for a long time,” he said softly, pressing kiss after kiss along her arm.

“I know I’m not very good with words, Emeriel. I only wish to show you what you mean to me.” A shadow crossed his eyes.

“I haven’t done the best job of that, but what I feel for you… I hope there will come a time when I show you so much you live and breathe it.”

“Oh, Daemon.” She sniffled, her lips quivering.

“I love you, please, don’t ever leave me,” he repeated, baring himself to her.

“I know I’m not the easiest male to love, but I’m begging you. I’ll wait until the sun forgets to rise and the great mountains crumble, and I’ll love you longer still. Just… stay with me.”

Her tears fell and he caught them, brushing them away with a tenderness that made her chest ache. Emeriel trembled where she stood.

anywhere.” She hugged his head to her belly, threading her fingers through the locks she had grown so used to. He was terrified to lose them

“Promise?”

“I promise.”

he pulled her down onto his lap, wrapping her in his

her gaze drifted to the shelves. A small smile formed as she took in the endless stacks of books and scrolls. Her chest felt light,

had set something right deep inside her. It had steadied the slight slope in their world.

was something I could do for

his head, allowing her the space to move. Sliding from his lap awkwardly, down between his

you doing?” he asked, a little

“Are you comfortable?”

his loose trousers, pulling

in his eyes,

Her mouth watered.

“Will you let me?”

driven by instinct or her own desire,

His eyes assessed hers.

“Are you sure?”

me help dispel the

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