Page 114 of Wickedly Yours

Luna’s grip tightened on my hand. “No, Zain. My home is here. With you.” Her voice was soft, so full of love, as she slid her other hand down to my chin, pulling my face down to hers. “I never want to leave your side, ever again.”

“Are you sure?” I played with her fingers. “You deserve so much betterthan me, Moonbeam.”

A small smile curled over her lips. “I think you’re exactly the man I deserve, handsome. Even if you’re ruthless and a little terrifying at times, I love that about you.”

“You do?”

“Mhm.” She adjusted her position so she could cradle my head in between both her hands. “I love you, Zain. I think I’ve loved you since you laid on the grass with me, looking at the stars. Since the first time I saw you. I was just scared. Honestly, I’d never felt like this before. I’ve never been inlovebefore.”

“Me either,” I breathed, leaning over to kiss her forehead. “I didn’t know it could be like this.” That I could have so much love in my heart, that nothing would matter to me except for her.

“I thought something happened to you. That you’d…” I couldn’t bring myself to even suggest it. All I knew was that if Luna wasn’t in this world, I didn’t want to be, either. An eternity without her seemed like the worst kind of punishment.

“I’m sorry,” she said again, shaking her head as tears sprung loose.

I brushed them away with my thumb, letting our foreheads rest against each other. “Don’t cry, baby. It makes me want to burn the world down when you cry.”

“I can’t help it,” Luna murmured, “I just…” She blew out a breath. “I’m a little overwhelmed, is all.”

“Understandable.”

“What happens now?” She asked, moving the covers off her body and coming to sit on my lap.

“Now we get our happy ending,” I promised her. “And they’ll put a crown on your head, so everyone else will know what you are. What you’ve always been.”

“And what’s that?”

A smile curled over my face. “My queen.”

I kissed her softly.

“I love you. Fates, but I do. You taught me what it was like to love someone and what it was like to be loved in return. No one’s ever cared about me, not like you do. I’ve spent the last three hundred years wondering what it might be like when I finally found you, but my dreams pale in comparison to the reality of you. You’re my moon, Luna. Even when you’re not around, I can feel my pull to you. You’re the brightest thing in my night sky. The thing I always look for to know I’m home. And if I had to do it all again—struggle through every hardship—I would, knowing you were waiting for me at the end.”

“Zain.” She was crying again. I brushed them away from her cheeks with my lips, kissing each side softly. “How is this my reality?”

“Believe me, Moonbeam. I’ve been asking myself the same question since I walked into that bar and laid eyes on you. Since you asked me to come up to your apartment. Since you told me you’d marry me.” I kissed the ring on her finger. “But I’m the luckiest demon alive, even if I don’t deserve you.” I rubbed our noses together.

“You do,” she said, her voice full of conviction. “You deserve all of this. I just need you to believe that, too.”

“I’m working on it,” I promised. “I just might need you to remind me every once in a while.”

“Mmm,” Luna murmured, her eyes fluttering shut. “I think I can do that.”

“Good.” I kissed her forehead. “I love you.” Now that we’d said the words, I couldn’t stop them because it was so sweet.

“I love you too.” Her lips curled up in a small smile, but then she bit her lip. “And the baby’s… okay?” Her hand rested on the small bump—hardly there—of her stomach.

“They’re totally fine. Healthy.”

“They?” She looked confused.

“The babies.”

Her eyes were wide. “Two?”

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