Rhapsodic

And the mountains may rise and fall, and the sun might wither away, and the sea may claim the land and swallow the sky. But you will always be mine. And the stars might fall from the heavens, and night might cloak the earth, but until darkness dies, I will always be yours.

I love you. I've loved you from the beginning. And I will love you long after the last stars dies. I will love you until the end of darkness itself.

People like us are not victims. We’re someone’s nightmare.

I’ll be at your side, till the darkness dies.

From flame to ashes, dawn to dusk, for the rest of our lives, be mine always, Desmond Flynn.

I want to wake up every morning to you, cherub, and I want to marry the shit out of you, and then I want to have lots and lots of babies with you. If, that is, you will have me.

Teach me again how to be someone's nightmare

C’mon, it’ll be fun,” I say, grabbing his hand and tugging him towards a little area along the canal where several gondolas wait. Behind me the Bargainer says, “I’ll only agree to this if you do me one favor—” Me do him a favor? “Yeah, anything.” “Please give me my balls back at the end of the evening.” Present

I’m sorry,” I say, “your ponytail is very masculine. I feel like I’m going to grow a beard just looking at it” “Mouthy

He sees it all. Hears it all,” another boys adds. Ten points to Slytherin for the creepy answer.

I’ll be yours. If you'll be mine.

Let our enemies come. They have a reckoning waiting at the end of my blade- and my siren’s vengeance to deal with. Let our enemies come, and I will kill them all. So long as you're at my side, I have something to fight for.

I don’t follow any of this. I don’t speak psycho.

would be if you weren’t wearing your hair in a girly little ponytail,” I say, reaching for the ends of his white hair. He catches my hand. “It’s not good manners to taunt a fairy. We have notoriously thin skin.” Despite the threat, his eyes spark with excitement. “I’m sorry,” I say, “your ponytail is very masculine. I feel like I’m going to grow a beard just looking at it

And mountains may rise and fall, and the sun might wither away, and the sea claim the land and swallow the sky. But you will always be mine.” He runs his knuckles over my cheekbone. “And the stars might fall from the heavens, and night might cloak the earth, but until darkness dies, I will always be yours.

Having the Bargainer’s full attention is like catching a tiger’s eye. All you wanted to do was pet the creature, but as soon as it turns its gaze on you, you realize it’s simply going to tear you apart.

want to know a truth of mine?” “Always,” I say, turning my head to better face him. He takes my hand and presses it against his chest. Beneath my palm I feel his heartbeat racing. My eyes move from his chest to his face. “It does that whenever I’m around you,” he says. I

A fairy doesn’t show his wings to his betrothed.” He slides his hand behind my neck, his thumb stroking my skin. “A fairy shows them to his soulmate.

I didn’t fall for Des because he was handsome, or because he knew my secrets, but because he stuck around when I was least lovable. Because he was a man who didn’t try to take anything from me even when I lay next to him, but instead gave me peace and comfort. Because each one of those nights he saved me all over again, even if it was from myself.

Secrets are like currency. The more you have, the more powerful you are.

I'm not asking you to never feel sad, Callie, I'm asking you to fight. Always fight. You can do that, can't you?" I suck in a deep breath. "I don't know," I say honestly. His entire demeanor gentles with that confession. "Can you try?

so-help-me-black-Jesus, I will smite that hairy little shit and make a coat out of his fur. Ya feel me?” The

I can’t believe I’m about to say this. “How did you feel, leaving me?” I ask. He holds my gaze. “Like my soul was ripped in two.” I still. Is he serious?

I'll be at your side until darkness dies.

I couldn’t stay away, I could barely resist you at all, but I didn’t want to push you into something. Not when you’d just escaped a man that took and took. I didn’t want you to think that was all men were good for.

My knuckles go white as my grip on the porcelain tightens. Now I know what Desmond cashed that one particular bead in for. Sobriety. Forget the supernatural bounty hunters that are after him; that fucker is mine. That

Why are you telling me this?” I say softly. His stares into my eyes. “I am the scariest thing out here. And if anything tries to touch you, they will reckon with me.

His mouth twitches. “You give a siren a secret … and she asks for another.” “You have so many of them,” I say. “Don’t be a Grinch.” He lets out a long-suffering sigh, but the effect is ruined by the smile spreading across his lips. He leans in close. “I wasn’t going to tell you this, but if you want a secret …” I wait. “You drooled all over my chest during the second movie,” he confesses. “To be honest, I thought you were crying again.” I

Bitch, just give it to me straight: are you bobbing for this guy’s bananas? Is that what this is about?” she asks. “No—no,