CHAPTER 85

“If you want me to prove myself, you’re going to have to verbally say so darling. I need you to know that this is your decision and I would never force you into anything.” Lorcan’s face and tone lose any trace of cocky superiority as adoration fills his features. As much as he would have loved to just continue doing what he had been and say fuck it to the consequences, he would never do something like that. He wouldn’t have been able to live with himself if he did.

Elysian surprises Lorcan by raising her eyes to meet his own, seeming to look directly into his soul as her eyes search his. For what, he couldn’t have known, but whatever it was she seemed to have found.

“Lorcan, if you don’t prove to me that you’re better than that dream, I might just have to go find someone else who will.” Her voice took