"You can't push her away forever. If you keep going, at some point it will be too late, and you won't be able to repair the damage done between the two of you." Her mouth was full as she spoke, and I curled my lip in disgust at her lack of manners. She had been out for the past several years playing

"No. My people do not fear me. They respect me. It is the others who fear me, the ones who live outside of my walls. They remain under my rule, but know nothing of loyalty or the lengths my people go to for them." He sounded so sure, that I wanted to shrink away until I was absorbed by the cushion b

"Do not tease me, mate. I did not bring you here to die for me, but I did bring you here to be mine. If you want to be mad at me for my actions and treatment during the day, that's fine. We will fight about it all you want." I bent down and hovered my mouth over hers. The tip of her tongue gently to

Killian glanced at me briefly, and I could see that he was feeling torn. If I had to guess, he was enjoying our civil time together as much as I was. "Thank you for breakfast, Killian," I said, and he seemed to light up when I used his name again. The brief moment of happiness vanished as soon as h

"I remember a lot of it, but I was really little. Killian was there for all of it though. He watched as it destroyed them. Then, one day, we were having a family dinner, and my mother was acting the happiest that I had ever seen her. When my father joined us, you could see the way that what remained