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“I want you.”
“You have me.”
“I wouldn’t mind seeing the world with you. Life inside these walls for the last twenty-one years has made me who I am. And honestly, I don’t know who that is anymore,” I admit to her.
“You haven’t found yourself yet. You are what your father made you to be. That isn’t the person you are deep inside.”
“Do you believe that?” She nods her head as I laugh. “Then you’re as crazy as I am.”
“I mean it, Ares. There’s a man yearning to be let free deep inside of you. You can find yourself. I know you can.” She stands and walks closer to me, wrapping her arms around my waist. It’s her new favorite thing to do.
“And you’ll help me?”
“Of course I will.”
“Where would you want to go first?”
“Paris.” I chuckle now.
“Paris it is. I need to look at a few places today. I can’t take you just yet,” I tell her. She nods her head but keeps herself pressed against me.
“I’ll be fine.”
“I know you will. You’re stronger than you think, Sage. That’s why you are who you are.”
“And who am I?”
“My queen. My beating heart. My everything.” Tears fill her eyes as she smiles up at me.
“My king,” she says. I nod my head before kissing her.
“I need to get going, or I’m going to be late,” I tell her.
“What exactly are you going to look at?”
“A few houses.”
“We’re going to live together?”
“Aren’t we now?”
“Yeah, because I didn’t really have a choice in the matter.”
“Are you saying you don’t want to live with me?” Anger burns through my body as I think about her living somewhere else.
“I didn’t say that. I just-”
“What?” I snap at her. Sage steps back out of my arms and rests her hands on her hips.
“You wanted to be normal, Ares! Normal people don’t kidnap others and force them to live together.”
“I cut your hand that night, and you bled like I bled. Our blood mingled, mixed. We’re one now!” She raises her eyebrow to challenge me, and fuck do I like it. That’s my girl. That’s my little lamb growing a fucking backbone and taking her place as my queen. That’s exactly what I wanted her to do.
“Yeah, that’s not normal either, Ares.”
“You want hearts and flowers? I can give you blood and skulls, Sage. What we did,” I say, pointing at my palm, “Means more than any marriage could ever mean.” Her eyes widen as she thinks that over. Her mouth falls open, but nothing comes out.
“Marriage?”
