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“Fiona gave me a choice,” I said. “She said she’d let me live, but I needed to either become Sworn and immortal, or return to the humans with no memory of the Fae.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I needed to make my own decision. Just like you needed to make yours.”
“You gave up your humanity to be one of us?”
“Well, not exactly one of you.”
“Why did you do it?”
“I can’t turn my back on this world now that I know it exists. And I don’t want to give you up, either.”
Liam threw his arms around me and kissed my face. “You’re amazing,” he said. “You’re perfect.”
“You’re Sworn,” Arabella said.
Liam froze. I looked over his shoulder and found Arabella staring at me.
“So that’s the deal she made with you,” Arabella said. “Fiona always did have a soft spot for her cousin Liam.”
“Ari, she took the Oath. Let it go,” Liam said.
I slipped past Liam to face his cousin. If I was going to spend eternity with Arabella, I couldn’t let Liam fight my battles for me. “I understand why you did what you did,” I said. “But we’re on the same side now. We both want the same thing. Can’t we start over?”
“Start over?” She scowled. “We’ll see. Liam’s marked you and Fiona’s made you one of us, but you’re still human. It’s going to take more than that for me to trust you.”
“Fair enough,” I said. It was a start.
Arabella nodded and walked away. I turned to face Liam.
“About that marked thing,” I said.
He looked down at his feet and stuffed his hands in his pockets. “About that,” he said.
“How does she know? Does she know what it means?”
“I asked Fiona about it while you were recovering.”
“And?”
“She thinks it might have something to do with that night in the attic…”
“Oh.” I could feel myself blushing.
“Yeah.” He glanced at me shyly.
“So does that mean that, as far as the Fae are concerned, I belong to you?”
“Not exactly. More like we belong to each other.” He inched closer to me. “I think I could reverse it, if it bothers you.”
“No,” I said. “I think I’m okay with that.” I reached for his hand. “As long as it’s mutual.”
He swept me up in his arms and took my breath away with his kiss.
