The Lost Alliance (The Nihryst Book 3) by Cait Marie

Author:Cait Marie [Marie, Cait]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Lee’s fingers brushed through her hair as Ada laid against him. She rested a hand over his heart, feeling the rise and fall of his chest with each breath he took. Though their time together had brought her mind peace, when they finished and the silence descended upon them, all her worried thoughts returned. She’d barely slept curled up in Lee’s arms. They needed a plan. They needed the dagger of undoing. They needed to survive and come out of this mortal—all of them.

“Adalina, love,” Lee whispered, his breath stirring her hair.

“I’m awake.” She had been for a while.

“I…” He cleared his throat.

She shifted to sit and meet his eyes. He’d never sounded nervous, and it frightened her. Through everything, he’d always seemed so confident. It was annoying at times yet comforting. When he moved to sit too, he cupped her cheek with a palm.

“I love you.” Before she could respond, he continued, “I know I’ve said it before, but I also know you’ve questioned it a lot because of the prophecy.”

So, this was not about the upcoming battle but their fate. The one topic she’d avoided since her return from death. Looking down, she held the blanket tighter around her chest, fidgeting with the worn fabric.

He tilted her chin up. “The prophecy may have brought us together, but it did not make me love you.”

“I want to believe that, but…” Her words trailed off. She hated doubting him. When she went on the search for Loxley, the legendary immortal, she’d fallen for the arrogant pirate captain instead. It was fate—foretold by the stars and sealed by prophecies and curses long before their time. An invisible thread tied their lives together, and try as she might, Ada couldn’t unweave it. “How do you know?”

At that, his mouth quirked up in the corner, bright in the early morning light streaming in through the large window. “Because, if you recall, when we first met, I considered tossing you overboard. I wanted nothing to do with you.”

Ada couldn’t fight the smile creeping up on her face.

“I love you, Adalina. I didn’t want this life for you because I wanted to grow old with you. But whether we have a week, a year, or an eternity together, I am yours. Forever.”

Tears burned her throat. The sincerity in his tone and eyes nearly took her breath away. She scooted in closer, molding her body to his. “Is this just because of the wedding? They tend to make people feel more—”

His arm tightened around her back, and he cut her off with a kiss.

She smiled and whispered against his lips, “I love you too.”

Wanting as much time as she could have before the chaos started, she deepened the kiss. As she shifted to straddle his lap, he placed both hands on her sides. Skin to skin, she knew this was where she was meant to be. She was done fighting it. If the stars deemed them the perfect match, who was she to argue?

They spent the morning showing each other just how much they loved one another.

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