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"So that's it?" I whisper in a choked voice "It's over"

"Aye, 'tis"

"ButI just found out you're not really betrothed" What a stupid thing to say On the edge of the apocalypse and all I can think about is how much I really, really want a shot with the o up "What say you?"

"She told ht's son for a year"

"Desert Knight's son," he repeats "I knew she was bonded" A spark of so is in his eyes

"What?" I ask instantly,from despair to hope

He shakes his head

"Please, please tellcloser I take his face and force hi if I say I'll consider your offer to become your queen, if you do it?"

"Offer?" he repeats, offense in his tone "A Knight does not offer" As he speaks, his hands settle on my hips "There is no way to stop this, Naia I would take you as ht only to lose you tomorrow"

"It's my fault, isn't it? If I'd believed you sooner, tried harder to help, prevented the-" My words are choked, barely audible

"Nay" He draws me into his hard body "'Tis not your duty to preventIt is mine"

"It's why I' faster, the reality ofdown onman before me - and failed "I'm so sorry So, so sorry!"

"You once said the war and my betrothed were between us 'Tis not the case now" He's aze, every thought inquiet at the intensity of his look "Your last day on earth and you want sex" For soin a painful co

After the e episode, I wipe my face and look up at him once more

The corner of his lips turned up in a sht with my queen"

"I'm not your queen"

"Do you wish to be?"

I stare at hi, while"Is this because I'irl around?" I ask suspiciously, unable to process the idea of belonging to this ht