He grunted, pumping his hips up in time with the rolls of my hips. “Fuck, Violet.” “You think you know yourself quite well.” I dragged my fingertips over one of his nipples and his hips jerked. His eyes flew open. “But it’s my job to show you things you didn’t even know you could want…” I slip m
Violet “Just to clarify,” Theo started, coffee cup in hand as we walked toward the helicopter. “I get to choose whatever I want?” I chuckled. “Yes. Whatever you want.” “And you get to drag me through boutiques and make me try on suits?” “Yes,” I said sweetly. “Well, I’m going to take you to
“Just out in the open?” Theodore asked. “How… I mean. I am right, right?” “You are,” I said smiling. “Consider it a preview of what you could be getting away with.” He grinned, then his smile faltered. “That’s…. That’s why you thought with the stone…” I nodded. We walked through the bustling
Violet I laughed as he started to shake his finger at me. “You know I always had my doubts about you.” I grinned at him, embracing him tightly. “Hello, Master Remy. You know I’m always a little trouble, but never for you.” Master Remy shook his head, feigning exasperation as we pulled apar
“I… inherited a set. They’re first weapon I trained with.” My heart softened. I would bet that the dagger set was from his mother. I took note to look through the book catalog on magical dagger techniques for him. Master Remy grunted; his gaze intense. “Hmph. Loyalty. I hear that’s something the
Theodore It was odd to have this moment with Violet, after years of accepting that I didn’t really belong in this country, with anyone, of having walls and walls of secrets to have a gruff old man accept me as one of their own. I had so many questions, but I didn’t want to ruin the moment with the
I wanted to push for an answer, but I swallowed the urge. Elise had always been protective of me and her insights have always been on point. “I’ll be careful,” I promised. She smiled. “I don’t just mean your heart. I mean his, too.” My lips twitched at that, a bit of relief hit me hard and mad
Violet Theodore stiffened beside me, his hands stilling over a delicate satin piece he’d been looking at. I turned toward the voice, instinctively stepping closer to him. A man stood in the center of a small crowd of reporters, his gestures animated as he spoke into their microphones. “He hi
Violet’s POVPart of me wondered it not worrying Theo was an excuse. If the years with Lucas not being the partner I needed had subconsciously trained me to stay independent. To never lean on anyone, even temporarily, because they couldn’t be trusted to hold me up. Even still, Theo was right. So I
We pulled out of our kiss, my head dizzy with love and hope. We would find the answers we needed. We would find a future together.“You said there were answers to four questions.” I looked between the two of them, tallying the three they’d already shared. “What’s the fourth?”Violet thought for a mo
Theodore’s POV“Alari, please wake up!”I held Violet’s head in my lap, her jaw terrifyingly slack. I dared a glance at the High Priestess who had collapsed in a heap at the same time that Violet’s body had gone completely limp. “High Priestess?!”This wasn’t happening.I reached for my phone, thank
Theodore’s POVIn one breath, the love of my life laying still in the grass let out a gut-wrenching scream and the High Priestess dropped to her knees. I lunged for my wife but was thrown back by an invisible force. When I pulled myself upright, the High Priestess had a hand outstretched, clearly us
Auntie folded her hands in front of her. “Altrosis is an attempt to control magic enough to pin it down and examine it. One could more easily pin down the wind.”As if to illustrate her point, a cool breeze swept through the clearing, though not a hair on Auntie’s head swayed in its drift.“Magic is
Violet’s POVThe jungle outside the village my family lived in was beautiful. It was lush and alive, humming with magic like the air itself was breathing. I had only visited this village and its surrounding area a few times in my life, but I’d always made time to come stand among the ferns and frond
By the Goddess, Violet had been right to send me down here. When we pulled out of the hug, she cupped my face in her hands, worry clouding her eyes. “Are you safe, boy?”My brows furrowed in confusion. She sighed and let go of my face.“I’m sorry, I’ve just always worried for you so, especially aft
Theodore’s POVIt felt wrong walking away from Violet when we had so little time together as it was. But she did need to rest. And she had made a good point about whoever knew my mom possibly having answers we needed.Marcy led me to the front porch and the woman who waited there. “If you’d like to
Theodore’s POVMy chest constricted at Marcy’s words and at the sympathy in her eyes that I hadn’t seen before this moment. Someone who knew my mother…My stomach churned with emotions: the pain of my mother’s loss, the joy in possibly finding out more about her, and the fear of Violet’s and my futu