I hadn’t been aware we’d been playing, except of course I knew what game we were playing, and of course he won because I always lost the stay-away-from-the-hot-guy game.

Feet shuffled closer then halted when Reeve said, “Touch her, I’ll break your neck.

Do I need a safe word?" "You either tust me or you don't, Emily

Do I need a safe word?" "You either tust me or you don't, Emily.

Feet shuffled closer then halted when Reeve said, "Touch her, I’ll break your neck.

Not only does my world revolve around her, but she is my world. She's not just my reason for breathing, she's air itself. She's the meaning behind every one of my thoughts, every thrum of my pulse, every whisper of my conscience. She's my entire everything. It's as simple and as complex as that.

There had never been any need for or benefit to being chosen. I'd believed with all my heart it hadn't mattered. Yet, hearing Celia declare it now, I realized how very wrong I'd been. Being chosen made all the difference.

Just..can the magic really last forever? Day in and day out. Does it get old after a while? What if there's an expiration on happily ever after?

No. You hurt people because you didn't have any idea what love really was. You were trying to understand it in the only way you knew how. It’s horrible, yes. But it’s forgivable. I forgive you. I forgive a thousand worse things you may have done. I can forgive anything.