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“Yes, love, you were until you took ht
And his last naether that was a pretty badass na is, you’re Cora Goode Hawthorne here,” he went on
“Well, I’m kind of Cora Goode, um… Hawthorne everywhere”
“No,” his face went ultra serious, “you’re this world’s Cora Goode Hawthorne”
My heart started to feel heavy
“What?” I whispered
“I think you understand me”
“These people know me?”
“You’re Cora Hawthorne,” he explained without explaining
“You mean,” I moved closer to him and whispered, “they know I’m a bitch?”
“No,” he answered
Oh man!
My heart skipped
“You hed in a way that indicated he was seeking patience and he replied, “No, Cora, they know you’re a Hawthorne”
He pulled back on the reins, Saleether
“What does thataround, dismounted with practiced ease then his hands spanned my waist and he pulled me down and set me between him and Salem
Close between hiht aily lit lanterns and ht heart sunk like a rock
I wasn’t convincing hi hand came up and curled warm around my neck
“It means, love, that you’re mine and what’s mine is part of me and I’m royalty”
My body jolted and my voice was a muted shriek when I cried, “What?”
“Quiet,” he clipped, not releasing ot up to my toes and whispered, “You’re royalty?”
“Yes”
“Royalty,” I repeated, just to confirh his teeth
“Honest to God, blue blood royalty?” I kept at it, not taking it in
His brows shot together as he replied, “Gods, woman, my blood’s red just like yours”
“You knohat Ifurther up oninto his shirt to keepover at my precarious position and at the shock of his news
“No, I don’t”
Shit They didn’t have the ter on
“What are you? A baron? A duke?”
“A prince”
A prince!
“What?” I shouted
His fingers at ot to within an inch from mine “Woman, quiet”
“What?” I whispered
“Can we not do this?”
“You’re a prince?”