The Professor’s Mate: The Moonborn Legacy
“I promise.”
“No.” I shook my head, frantic. “Not like that. Say it right. Say you’ll fight. Say you’ll tear the whole fucking world apart if you have to. Say you’ll crawl back to me if that’s what it takes.”
He searched my face for a long moment. Then he leaned in, pressed his forehead to mine, noses brushing. “I will fight,” he said, voice low and fierce. “I will tear through anything that stands between me and you. I will crawl on my hands and knees across broken glass if I have to. I will come back to you. I swear it on my blood, on my life and every breath I’ve taken since the moment I saw you at that bar.”