The Black Rose
His breath catches against my lips and his free hand comes up to my jaw and he kisses me back for a moment, warm and unhurried, before I pull back.
"Deal," I tell him.
Then I look at Silas, still on one knee, laughing so hard his eyes have gone wet, ring box open, afternoon light doing extraordinary things to that black diamond rose.
"Yes," I say. "God, obviously yes."
He surges forward and wraps both arms around me and I grab him back and we tip sideways into the couch and Lorenzo makes a deeply dignified sound of protest as Silas's knee lands somewhere inadvisable, and Noir unfolds himself from the armchair and crosses the room and sits on the arm of the couch and his hand finds my hair an
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