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“Because they whipped my wings. Every day. For six fucking years.”

Draven is secretly working with both the human rebellion and the fae resistance. And has been for years. Decades.

“And then that day when you patted my cheek and said good talk, I fell in love with you utterly and completely.”

Because it’s not Hector who stares back at me from underneath the mask.
It’s Draven Ryat.

I knew it!!

Betraying him tonight is going to shatter what’s left of my heart.

“I did it solely because I wanted to. Because I wanted you.”

“I am a selfish person, Selena…And as much as I wanted to make sure that you never won the Atonement Trials, I’m secretly glad that you were stubborn and brilliant enough to win it despite all my sabotaging.”
My heart slams against my ribs.
He draws in a deep breath, breathing me in, and tightens his arms around me. “Because it allowed me to have this time with you.”

Today was the first time he used the half-shift since the whipping. His wings had healed completely, and when he spread them wide, they once again looked as powerful and imposing as before. As if nothing had happened. But I know what happened. And I do not forget.

Maybe it’s time that I start doing what they do. What everyone else in this messed up world of ours seems to be doing.
Take what I want and to hell with everyone else.

“In the dim light of the room, my glowing eyes light up his face and reflect in his own eyes. I keep pouring my magic into him. He stares at me as if I’m the Goddess Mabona herself. As if I’m the most extraordinary thing he has ever seen in his entire life.”