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“It’s fine”

“It’s not fine” I suck in a harsh breath “I won’t ask you to talk about it if you don’t want to, but I’m here if you do” They’ve listened tothat happened to theht to ask the black hole of inforshells with each other

I want to reclai we’d just reached before , but I’in with When it coht down to it, we’ve only known each other a short tis have been uncomfortable and filled with animosityI barely got a taste of in the first place

Malachi fra hands “It wasn’t as bad as you’re i I suspect he ed us with so that rave, it makes my chest hurt “I couldn’t think properly, but I worried about you That was the worst of it, little dhampir”

This time

If we don’t do soht try to forcibly breed theht er”

“We can wait to start ” He shifts his hands to ives ht”

“You’re the one who’s suffered I should be taking care of you”

He smiles a little “This is how you take care of entle on my body It’s not sexual, but it feels like a small eternity since I’ve touched hiht now But I’ate in order to not want this man Maybe I’d even want him in the afterlife

I don’t kno this happened A few o, I didn’t even know he existed Now, he’s a cornerstone in th of that feeling should scare me—and it does—but it’s like it can’t find purchase in our reality

I don’t know if I believe in destiny, but I can’t deny that Malachi and I feel destined