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.

fingers through the locks she had grown so used to.

“Promise?”

“I promise.”

breath, he pulled her down onto his lap, wrapping her in his arms again. His head found its place

formed as she took in the endless stacks of books and scrolls. Her chest felt light, and

something right deep inside her. It had steadied the

was something I could do for

Sliding from his lap awkwardly,

he asked, a

“Are you comfortable?”

into his loose

dawned in his eyes, and they

Her mouth watered.

“Will you let me?”

a little too much. Whether that had been driven by instinct or her own desire, she still wasn’t sure. But she hadn’t

His eyes assessed hers.

“Are you sure?”

help dispel the

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