A Marriage of Swords
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The question was a whisper, torn from her.
“That you are the most real thing that has ever happened to me. That your mind terrifies and excites me. That your courage humbles me. That the thought of you returning to this border and me to my castle to choose a... a *broodmare*,” he spat the word, “feels like a sentence to a life of shadows.” He reached out, his hand hovering near her cheek, not touching. “You said love is a weakness. My brother proved it. But watching you, fighting beside you... I think maybe it’s not love that’s weak. It’s the fear of it. The fear is what cripples. The love itself... I think it might be the only thing that makes any of this worth saving.”
Tears, bright and sh