He broke that promise.

I got here three extra instances. Not simply as soon as.

Chapter Forty-Two

Elanya

“Damon.”

He glanced up from the ebook he was studying about kids. When he noticed my face, his total physique stiffened. “What’s flawed?”

I licked my decrease lip. Though I’d agreed to it within the bathe, as soon as we had been performed, Damon had informed me to take a while, and give it some thought. Make sure that it was what I actually needed.

I had. It was.

“I’m prepared.”

“For what?” He received up off the sofa and got here to me, recognizing it was one thing necessary.

“I would like you to mark me,” I mentioned, voice all of the sudden hoarse. “Bond with me.”

“Does that imply—”

“I forgive you,” I mentioned, feeling a wave of peace comply with the saying of the phrases. “Totally. Utterly. I’m over it.”

“Are you positive?” The hope flared in his eyes like a highlight.

“In each manner that issues,” I mentioned. “However I’m going to carry that over you in any teasing-fit for the remainder of our lives. Sorry, you possibly can’t escape that.”

He pouted, however there was a smile breaking via it from the second he began. “I supposed I can deal with that.”

“Good,” I mentioned, letting myself be swept up right into a kiss. “Now, how can we do that? Is there some type of ritual or one thing I’ve to do? Does it should be witnessed?”

“No,” he mentioned. “I merely pull the dimensions from my physique and place it on yours.”

“Oh. That sounds easy,” I mentioned.

He shrugged. “It’s. That’s not what’s necessary. It’s the leadup to it. The choice for each events to irrevocably pair themselves collectively. There’s no going again.”

I raised my eyebrows.

“For those who take away it as soon as it’s on, you’ll die,” he defined. “As will I.”

“Oh. You didn’t inform me that bit,” I mentioned.

“I’m now,” he mentioned. “Earlier than we undergo with it. I … didn’t wish to stress you. For those who want extra time to consider it now, nonetheless, I perceive.”

Chewing my decrease lip some extra, I assumed it over. My left hand slid over my stomach. Absolutely the barest trace of a swell was current, although it was as a lot creativeness as actuality in what I felt.

“We’re already collectively for all times,” I mentioned, watching as his eyes dropped to my abdomen. “However I don’t need that to be our solely bond, Damon. I really like you. With each a part of me. I would like you. I would like this. So, go forward. Mark me. Make me yours for all to see.”

“I select you,” he mentioned, elevating his proper hand.

Earlier than our very eyes, I watched it develop thick with scales, his fingers turning to claws. Then the blood-red scales unfold throughout his chest. Tiny, no bigger than the dimensions of my palm. With out hesitation, he hooked a claw below one and pulled it from his physique with the barest flicker of ache. His eyes had been locked on to mine.

“I take you,” I whispered. “I select you. For now. For all times. Perpetually.”

I bared my chest to him, and he positioned the dimensions in opposition to my breastbone with tender care.

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