The Centaur Queen (The Dark Queens #7)(66)

“I fear you will regret this, Petra.”

Moving me back by my shoulders just a little, he peered deeply into my eyes as he said, “The only regret I have was ever leaving you, my beloved. You are my sun, my moon, my stars, my all. I cannot breathe without you. I do not care where we go or even if we ever see another soul. You are my happily ever after, Tymanon. Only you.”

I kissed him, with all the soul and passion that now blazed in my chest.

I’d only ever been walking in a daze before I’d met Petra, only living a half-life, never realizing that fact until I’d met him and understood just how little I’d really known.

Our kiss was slow and thorough, our tongues dueling and sweeping sensuously against each other’s, saying without words what we meant to one another. I’d abandoned everything to see him happy, but it was to me he’d returned. The bird had been set free, released from its cage. But to its cage it returned, for that was where it felt the most loved.

“I love you,” I whispered, holding him tight to me. I was never going to let him go. Not ever. “With all my heart, my Petra, I love you.”

“And I you, Tymanon. Where you go, I go. Your passions are my passions. Your desires are my own. Your heart is mine and mine is yours. Forever. For always.”

I smiled, beaming through tears that were now for joy. “For always,” I whispered back, and our words were carried on the winds like a ballad, like a promise of eternity.

I hugged him to me again, and when next I glanced up, Lachesis was there, hidden in the trees, watching us both. She blew me an air kiss, and I nodded, knowing I had her to thank for this gift.

When she left, I took Petra’s hand and headed for home.

“I have so much to show you, my love,” I said with a smile.

“Books, books, and more books.” He laughed, and the sound of it stirred my soul.

“Yes, that and more. But first, I thought maybe you’d like to see our bedchamber.”

He paused, a smile freezing on his face as his eyes suddenly turned hot. “Show me, Tymanon. Show me where I will claim you and make you mine for all time.”

And so I did. And Petra kept his promise too.

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