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God. I owed him so much more than that. But this was what I could give. Perhaps all I’d ever be able to give. The truth, even this brutal and bitter, wasn’t just what he required as a prince, or needed as a man. It was what he deserved—as a person. The individual of honesty, bravery, and reality who had captured my heart and soul like none other.
I wouldn’t be able to lessen the blow but tried anyway, pushing a smile through my new tears…pressing a hand to the space between the dove and the hawk, where I could feel the beat of his amazing heart beyond the layers of taut muscle.
“Listen to me, Shiraz Noir.” My voice shook but at least my hand didn’t. “Those bastards would be lucky to have you for six days, let alone six months. You have got this shit—and you’re going to be amazing at it.”
As I suspected, that hardly touched his concern—or the flood of my tears. I was beyond trying to stop myself. Beyond trying to pretend the next truth I gave him wasn’t one whopper of pain—for us both.
“Then why are you crying again, sweet one?” He wrapped his hand around mine, lifting it to his lips. “Why are you so frightened, Lucina?”
Shit, shit, shit.
“Because I’ve been frightened since the second you proposed.”
