Did you really think I would leave you behind?""I wasn't sure," she stammers, holding on to me. Her gaze searches my face, worried. "I thought maybe I pushed you into it, because I love you and I want what's best for you, but when the ship started to take off, I realized I'm selfish." She tugs hard on my tunic, pulling me down a little more until our noses are practically touching. "I want to keep you. You're mine.

You're not leaving me behind," she sobs, clenching her fists in the front of my tunic. "I don't care if you have to be the big cheese on your planet. We have to stay together. You promised me that we were forever and I'm not going to let you go back on that.

Tell me I have heard correctly? We are to be parents to…three? At once?”“All at once,” I agree. “It’s amazing and also utterly terrifying, so I get the whole passing out thing—”“I did not pass out,” he says staunchly, sitting up. “I merely…was resting for a moment.

Kef me, you're beautiful," Jerrok whispers, cupping my face in his hands. He gazes down at me with wonder, like he's never seen anything like me in his life.

Will you keep kissing me?"He chuckles, and it's like liquid chocolate pouring into my veins. "I don't think I could stop.

She is my only," I tell him, and hope that answers it. She is not the “first” because that implies there will be more at some point. I do not want more, I just want Lucy. Only Lucy.

And I want to touch you. All of you. Is that wrong?”If it’s wrong, I want to be wrong with her.

Your brain was very damaged. It took everything your khui had—and mine—to keep you alive. I am pleased that all that happened to you was memory loss, Pashov. Do you realize how close you came to dying?”“I am still dying.” My voice cracks. “My mate’s pain is destroying me.

I may not have them here,” I say, pointing at my temple. “But I have them here.” I put a hand over my heart.