Love?
Sanaa scratched her chin. “I see. I suspected attachment, but not this.”
“Suspected what?” Hira asked harshly. She sat there, holding tight to her
tender chest. Her heart felt exposed, on display, where anyone could simply
reach out and scar it.
“Love,” Sanaa said it with distaste.
Hira slowly stood and faced her. “You think I’m weak because I allowed
myself to love?”
Sanaa said nothing, her own face reserved. And though the captain
seldom said much, Hira was keenly aware that love had broken the woman.
Now they faced one another as mirror images of a polluted past.
Slowly, Hira nodded. “The funny thing about love is... that when you’re
in love, it doesn’t feel like a weakness. When you’re in love, you feel
invincible. It’s only when it betrays you that you realize what a liability it
is.”
“And you’re afraid you’ll have to forgive him,” Delara said, standing to
face them.
Seeing the reality, Hira almost gasped, “Yes.”
“Bullshit,” Sanaa snarled and grasped Hira’s shoulder, pulling her in. Her
face set and determined. “Listen to me, I know of this. I know the treachery
of love. You don’t have to forgive anyone if you’re not ready. Forgiveness
takes everything out of the wronged, our emotional strength, our fortitude,
and leaves nothing for the assailant but to bask in our forgiveness.”
Hira studied her face, her wide jaw, the muscles that ran over her
cheekbones, and the curl of her lips. She saw herself in the captain and
understood a harsh reality. If she didn’t disentangle her hate, one day she
would become embittered like the captain.
Slowly, she grasped Sanaa’s arm and squeezed it. “I won’t do anything
until I’m ready. Until then... let’s go question our prisoner.”
The War Council
They all turned to her, and the general’s face showcased a myriad of
emotions, but he was quick to mask them. “Your grace.”
She moved into the room and the nobles stood and bowed. She kept
her eyes on Hestian and stopped in front of him. He was a head taller and
twice her size.
“General Hestian, is this a war council?” Almira asked.
She felt his barely-concealed anger.
“As your grace sees.”
“So that is a yes.” She glanced at the map; the concern was on the
northern border.
“Yes, your majesty.”
She touched the map. “And who leads this war council, general?”
He cleared his throat and gave her a tight smile. “The crown. But
seeing as his majesty, King Alton–”
She pinned him with her stare. “General, what do I have on my head?”
He stared at her passively. “Majesty, I–”
“What do I have on my head?” Her tone was slow and harsh.
His face reddened. “A crown, my queen.”
She smiled. “Then I believe you’re in my seat, general.”
“I want a detailed account of our coffers as soon as you’re able to
provide them. Along with that, from here on out, I will sit in all war
councils. If I’m not able to lead them, then there is no war council. Am I
understood?”
He stood and loomed over her. The Red Guard tensed, and he glanced
at them then back at her with a tight smile.
“You are lionhearted with your armed guards behind you.”
“Yes, I am. That’s why I have them. Men like to threaten with violence
because they believe it is the only way things are solved and so women
must take precautions.” She smiled and relaxed her shoulders. “Come,
general, let us be friends. With my husband distracted with hawks, it is I
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Bu sıcak beni eritemedi ama bu sözler eritti.Alıntı
Ghost’s ear picks up on the little whimper she let out as he grips her hips, it goes straight to his groin, making him feel even more possessive of her. He lifts one of his hands to your mouth and gently pulls her bottom lip out from between your teeth with his thumb.
“Don’t hide your pretty noises. I want to hear you whimper and whine around me.”
He said lowly, his hand keeping her lip between his thumb and his other fingers..
Her eyes widen. He's very outspoken... And damn.. His words are maddeningly eloquent.
Ghost smirks down at her wide-eyed reaction, seeing her surprise at his words. He gently starts to run his thumb across her lip, his intense gaze focused on her face.
“I’m going to listen to every sound that comes out of your pretty little mouth. No hiding or muffling the noises.”
He said lowly, his voice almost like a deep growl against her skin.
(*a lot of giggles and kicking her feets*)Alıntı
She looks at him under her eyelashes.
"Do you have a breed kink or something?"
She asks half mockingly.
He laughs at your question, his hand still caressing your side, his touch firm and possessive
"Breed kink? I don't know if I'd call it that. More like undeniable attraction to the woman carrying my babies. It's primal, love. Instinctual. You're carrying a part of me inside you, growing, developing. It's a powerful thing, and seeing you like this drives me wild in more ways than one."
She raises a brow.
"So basically breed kink."
He laughs again, amused by your determination to label it a certain way.
"Fine, love. If you want to call it that, then yes, I have a "breed kink". When it comes to you anyway. You bring out a primal, possessive side in me that I can't explain. Seeing you pregnant with our babies drives me wild in ways I can't even describe."
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Ray, hayatındaki iki önemli gerçeğin farkında değildi: Birincisi, yokluk algısıyla yaşıyordu, kendini bu şekilde görmesi ve dünyaya bu pencereden bakması, onun tıkanıp kalmasına yol açmıştı. İkincisiyse onun evrendeki yansımasını meydana getiren psikolojik hologramına ait duygusal ve zihinsel odaklanması, kendisini olumsuz sonuçlar almaya şartlandırmış ve hatta korkularının haklı olduğuna ikna olmasını sağlayacak başarısızlıklara yol açmıştı!
Ray was unaware of two important facts in his life: First, he lived with the perception of absence, and seeing himself this way and looking at the world from this window caused him to become stuck. Secondly, his emotional and mental focus on the psychological hologram that reflected him in the universe conditioned him to receive negative results and even led to failures that convinced him that his fears were justified!
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Başarının Sırları S.33
Başarının Sırları S.33I'm still single because they don't do men like this anymore.Alıntı
she squints her eyes and digs her fingernails into his chest slightly
"Answer me. When I ask something answer me."
it's clear she's angry. Landon can sense the anger from her tone of voice. He hears how firm and demanding she is telling him to answer her. He smiles and doesn't want to answer just yet. She may be demanding and angry but her tone is also very arousing to him. He whispers back into her ear
"Only if you ask nicely..."
she clenches her teeths. She looks away then looks at him again
"Can you tell me what the fuck are you doing "
She tilts her head to the side and smiles cutely. Landon chuckles with how she is switching her emotions so quickly. She sounds very angry at him, then she starts to use her sweet and sassy tone with him and back to her angry tone of voice. This flirtation is getting more playful by the minute and this is also making his heart thump faster and giving him a huge adrenaline rush. He whispers next.
"Oh I like seeing you angry and I like when you use that little foul language of yours, you can be very dirty talking with those cute little words of yours..."