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"You don’t like it?" She turned and looked in the olden She had worn the look many times in the past when she wanted to feel closer to hi her curls fall where they would, and his hands on the chair arms cracked the wood She put the bobby pins aside and folded her hands in her lap "You do like it"

He took a ragged breath "You look like an innocent angel Everything you did was pure ic" He released the chair ar, innocent, and angel to describe ht I have seen so much darkness, I feel like my soul is stained with it If there is anyone on this earth that can help you fight back your demons, it’s me, yet you won’t even let me try to help you" She stood to face hione was his easy smile "Who has shown you darkness? Why didn’t your brothers protect you?"

"Don’t blale tihtly If he kneould she still be his innocent angel? Would he give up completely? She turned her back to him

"Tell me," he deht to ask that of e of my trust It doesn’t work like that, Darian"

"If someone has hurt you" His voice was sharp and ice cold

She turned and slowly made her way over to him When she stood directly in front of him, she reached up and laid her hand over his heart "What would you do, my prince? What if I told you that, without your love, I would spend the rest of ? That not even losing htmare I would endure every day without you, lost in an inescapable cycle of tor to live for ht for me?"

He sed hard, repeatedly "You ask too o"

He reached up and re left in me that could save you" He walked past her and out of the roo even She wouldn’t cry Howher ht he had nothing left to give her, but she knew that wasn’t true If he couldn’t see the light of his own soul, then she would becoht was too dinite the flaive up, not until he was safe

Goddess, help me

CHAPTER SIX

Alone, Aed into a simple white dress and slipped her phone into her pocket She decided to leave her hair down; Darian had liked it better this way When she stepped into the dining room, she noticed she was the last one to coain when she did

"Sorry I took so long," she said quietly

"It’s no problem, Aiden and I just ca roll apart

"We just got here, too We had to tuck Penny in," Rheia ade bite of her roll "You two are like a reat I’ll never be able to get hed

Amelia looked between herself and Darian and realized that Meryn was right; they compleet it, it just takes practice Did you get all the glue off?" She unfolded her napkin and laid it in her lap