buried to the hilt in the soul reaper’s chest. She was
looking at him like he was a god, like he’d hung the
fucking moon.
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SINS OF THE HEART
And Dagan did the only thing he could do. With the
dead reaper pinned between them, he leaned in and he
kissed her, hard, fast, and as he pulled away, her lips
clung to his. That told him everything he needed to
know.
It told him he’d made the right sacrifice.
She stared up at him, tiger eyes bright and fierce.
“You let him get away. He probably helped kill
your brother, but you gave up your chance at him to
save Calliope.”
“I’ll have another chance at him,” he said.But there
would have been no second chance for Calliope.“I
made my choice. I chose you.”
Calliope made an odd, choked noise, but he didn’t
look at her, didn’t look anywhere but straight into
Roxy’s eyes, into her heart, her soul. And he let her see
into his.
“I love you, Roxy Tam.”
She opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again,
and whispered, “I fucking love you, Dagan Krayl.”
He thought that as far as moments went, this one
was damned near perfect.
Then he pulled the heart free and let the reaper’s
body slide to the ground. Glancing down, he realized
he had no pouch and the heart was still twitching in his
