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“That’s what you wanted, right? For me to be yours, forever.”
“Yes. But not like this—”
I quiet him with a kiss. “Are you gonna get all scary possessive again?”
He tenses, then sighs. “I admit it is a flaw and not one that can be resolved overnight. But…” The admission is not one he wants to make, and he only acknowledges it begrudgingly. “Knowing your soul is intimately entangled with ours does satisfy that beast somewhat.”
“I’m glad.”
Caelan snorts. “God. You’re way too forgiving. Can’t you at least try to be pissed at him?”
“It was an accident. And I’ve never been good at holding grudges.”
“I would understand if you did,” Elias says.
“No. But thank you for apologizing.” I roll over onto my side, turning to face Caelan instead. “And thank you too, Caelan. You did save my life, after all,” I say, grasping his hand. Caelan looks uncomfortable at the sudden shift of attention and the sudden depth of my sincerity.
He shrugs. “Yeah, and also wrecked it.”
“Don’t be dumb. Of course, you didn’t.”
“Elias may have injured you, but it was my stupid glitchy energy bullshit that got you stuck with a fucked-up soul like us,” he points out.
“Yousaved my life.” Caelan opens his mouth to protest again, and I roll my eyes. “Both of you are idiots.”
He huffs instead. “Well, thanks, Shan.”
“You are.”
Elias chuckles quietly, accepting that, in this instance, at least, he’s not undeserving of the title. “You may be right.”
“But… I’m an idiot too. I’m the one who fell in love with two demons, even though I knew it was a risk. I knew there would be consequences and that you would end up hurting me someday. But I also knew it was worth it.”
Caelan wrinkles his nose. “Aw, c’mon, don’t get sappy on us.”
I look him in the eye, grin, and kiss him. My expression sobers as I draw away from his lips. “I love you. And I mean that with every fiber of my being.”
For a moment, Caelan remains withdrawn, hiding behind the pretense of distaste at such sentimentality. But pretense is all it is, and it’s wavering. He takes my face between his hands and kisses me firmly in return, with far more passion than I was expecting.
I moan as he kisses me breathless for a very long time.
Even when he finally breaks off the kiss, he keeps holding me tightly. The electric yellow-green of his eyes glows intensely. “I… I wouldn’t have been okay if we’d lost you.”
I never expected him to say the same words back, not Caelan. But what he does say is as good as any admission.
I wrap my arms around him, holding tight.
“Everything’s going to work out,” I say, and for the first time, I believe it without hesitation.
“Yeah,” Caelan agrees.
Eventually, I loosen my grip on him, then draw away entirely with a small sigh. I turn to Elias, smiling. “I love you too, by the way.”
“Even having seen how much of a monster I can be?”
“Again. Demons. I knew that from the start,” I inform him wryly. Then I lean in and rest my forehead against his. “I still love you,” I murmur. “My Darkest Night.”
He smiles. “And I you,” Elias replies softly, his thumb caressing over my cheekbone as he cups my face. “Light of my Dawn.”
