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It was silent now, aside from my footsteps, but I still could imagine just how magical it felt when the piano at the center of the room was being played. I kept searching the library; none of the titles stood out to me so I gave up and grabbed the book that was sitting in a cozy-looking chair. I plopped myself down and flipped through the first few pages. My eyebrows furrowed as I closed the book and reread the title. "The Origin of Shifters?" I murmured. This book should be thousands of pages long with obnoxiously dense material, but the one in my hands was maybe a hundred pages and full of hand-drawn pictures.

He took my hands in his. “You’ve always been it for me,” he said softly. The crowd quieted. “I’ve loved you in every version of us the best and the worst. Through distance, silence, heartbreak. You were still the one.” Gasps and soft murmurs rippled. Gift sniffled quietly. “I don’t want perfect. I want real. I want your chaos. Your laugh. The way you steal the covers.” My breath caught. “I’m not perfect. I’ve made mistakes. But I’ll never stop choosing you.”

she continued, voice barely above the rain, “the only thing I was afraid of was never getting the chance to choose you again.” His chest tightened. “Lisa…!!” She reached for him then, fingers curling into the front of his shirt, not pulling him close….just anchoring herself. “I don’t want perfect,” she said. “I want honest. I want this—whatever this is—messy and real.” Grey rested his forehead against hers, breath mingling, rain blurring the space between them. “You have me,” he said. “No filters. No omissions. Even the parts I hate.”

he murmured, lips curving into that devilish grin again, “your parents inspired you, huh?” I shoved him. “Oh my God, stop!” He laughed, catching my wrist and pulling me back between his arms. “Admit it, Princess. You’re already writing their redemption arc in your head.” “Maybe,” I said, trying not to smile. “But only because watching them made me realise something.” “What’s that?” “That love isn’t perfect,” I said. “It’s messy and loud and sometimes really inconvenient. But when it’s real, it finds its way back—even if it has to take a detour through hell first.”

“Not because she’ll scrub floors, but because she must judge them.” So I polished silver. Dusted bookshelves. Made a bed so tight you could bounce a coin. Ironed silk until it gleamed. At one point, a vase slipped from my hands and shattered on the floor. I froze, waiting for rebuke. But she only said, “Perfection is not the absence of mistakes. It is the silence that follows them.” So I knelt. Gathered the shards. Made no sound. By evening, every part of me ached.

The feeling of love spreading. But the lucid moments were becoming fewer. During an interview for NPR, I forgot where I was entirely. The kind host gently reminded me we were discussing the memoir, and I apologized profusely. "It's okay," she assured me. "Your vulnerability is part of your message. That even imperfect people can create change." "Imperfect is an understatement," I said. "I'm barely holding on to my own thoughts anymore." "But the thoughts you did hold onto – you wrote them down. You preserved them. That's the gift."

The dinner table fell into a dead silence. “Sweetheart, come with me.” Mom led me to the backyard and pushed open the storage room door. In the corner were more than a dozen neatly stacked cases of the exact same whisky. Some were damp and moldy, others were covered in cobwebs. These were all the New Year’s gifts I had my husband, Kevin Zane, buy over the past three years. “W-What is this?” My voice came out dry. My throat was tight.

“Why would I want you to leave me? I might be an asshole but I’m not stupid.” “Are you sure?” I deadpanned, screwing my eyes. Mir cut his gaze at me, probably wondering why I was acting so weird. Despite the fire burning in his eyes, I remained calm. “If you’re not stupid, then why ask a stupid question?” When Mir only appeared more aggravated and bewildered, I sighed deeply in my chest. “I couldn’t leave, Mir. I couldn’t because...” I swallowed, my cheeks suddenly too hot for my own good. Was it alright to...say it? “...because no one is perfect. You have a past that makes you imperfect. And my imperfection is that I’m willing to look past all that. My imperfection is that I’m just as selfi

He handed her the book, marked. Seraphine read: “‘I’ve learned that perfect oversight is impossible when you’re also changing diapers and attending kindergarten events. Good enough has to be good enough, or you’ll destroy yourself trying to achieve unattainable standards.’” “So you explicitly accepted ‘good enough’ oversight rather than comprehensive oversight?” “That’s taken out of context. The chapter is about not obsessing over minor details” “But oversight of millions of dollars isn’t a minor detail, is it?” “No. And I did provide comprehensive oversight. Standard audits, qualified personnel, appropriate governance structures. The book is about accepting imperfection in areas like househ

With gestures, not words. I sat on the bed slowly and unwrapped it. A new book. Thick, bound in leather, smelling expensive, old, and important at the same time. ‘The Silent Crown.’ I ran my thumb over the title and shook my head. He picked perfectly. Always perfect. His love may be feral, dark, filthy with hunger and violence—but his gifts? They were thoughtful. Personal. Intimate. I opened the book and started reading. Not because I cared about the story.