“In the mortal world, when I thought you were my enemy, I still missed you.”
“My sweet nemesis, how glad I am that you returned.”
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“It’s you I love,” he says. “I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I
guarded it so well that I could behave as though I didn’t have one at all. Even
now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten, and scabrous thing. But it is yours.”
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The world already has enough monsters, enough people who want to take advantage of me or take away my rights. I don’t need to know there’s a whole other world full of monsters.
“You’re so beautiful.” He e begins to trace patterns on my arms, then runs his hands down my sides. “So very beautiful.”
“Do not touch her. She is my wife. The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.
“It’s you I love,” he says. “I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so well that I could behave as thought I didn’t have one at all. Even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten and scabrous thing. But it is yours.”