The Black Wolf
Because deep down, beneath the joy and laughter and sweet, stolen kisses, a quiet dread nestled in my soul like a seed waiting to bloom.
This kind of love, so pure, so magical, so unreal, was the kind that belonged in fairy tales. Not in reality. And certainly not in a world where gods bled and curses clung like shadows.
It couldn’t last forever. And that terrified me.
A few days later, after Zevarion left for a morning hunt, I sat alone in the quiet of our home. I reached for the living book and let my fingers trace its cover.
‘How do I defeat Xareth?’ I wrote, expecting the same answer.
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