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How will I survive without her? How can I think and focus when I know others will target her to get to me?

“Dash, it’s too much.” Nails drag down my spine.“You feel so good. Fuck, why did we wait so long to do this?” She meets my thrust.

I want to push her off of me and tell her to get out.

I want to sink so deep inside of her that we can never be separated again.

Madness.

We both come; her inner walls grip me so tight I see stars and touch heaven, but then I fall back down to earth. Painfully.

She tricked me.

Chapter 36

Mila

Dash reaches between our sweaty bodies, his fingers brushing against my swollen core; he raises his hand and sees blood. My blood.

I gave him my virginity.

I don’t regret it.

I wanted to live, and have this memory with Dash, the man who fixed me, the man who allowed me to see his caged heart.

I’ve been raised to think the most violent love stories are beautiful tragedies worthy of a stage. I’ve danced to them all my life, so seeing blood mixed with love feels normal.

Blue eyes lock onto the blood. What’s he thinking?

I never know which side he will give me. The cold king or the broken prince.

“Did,” he swallows as if pained,“Did it hurt? Did I hurt you?”

So it’s the prince.

“No.”

“Liar.” he curls his fingers into a fist.

“It was worth it,” I reply as I curl into his side. He hesitates before he places his arm over me. We lay in silence.

What’s he thinking about?

I kiss his chest.

“This changes nothing.” Dash bites, but his fingers grasp me tighter.

I grin over his chest.“Liar.”

“I’ll probably be dead by the end of the month.”

I push up on my elbow,“Liar.” I call his bluff.“You’ll survive.”

He arches a brow, his eyes finally looking at me. Reaching out, he pushes my hair behind my ear. I love how his eyes look lost as they look into mine.“How can you be so hopeful?” He mutters.

“Because you’ll fight for me. You’ll fight to taste me again.”

His eyes narrow gradually, as if he were a king on a balcony who had just spotted a threat.“You think so highly of yourself for a virgin.”

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