My heart races. “Yes.”
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s possible.”
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t know what kind of a friend I’d be when all I’d ever think about is talking dirty to you and making you blush. And kissing those lipstick lips.”
My lips tingle and I bite them as I whisper, “A bad one. You’d be a bad friend.”
He smirks, his vampire skin heating up and his wolf eyes looking so pretty and predatory. “Which one is that?”
My mouth tingles harder. “Blueberry Fairy.”
I have to admit that I only bought it for the name but the color turned out pretty good too with its dark blue shades.
He wraps his wrist around my braid, tugging my head back. “Why?”
“Because I’m a fairy.”
“Yeah, you are,” he whispers. “My fairy.”
“Ever since I was six.”
“Ever since you were six.”
“And you’re my Roman.”
“I am.”
“Ever since you were nine,” I tell him. “So will you keep me then?”
His body shudders with emotion. “Fuck yeah, I will. And I will love you and Halo. And I will make all your dreams come true, Fae. I want you to know that. I know you’re going to Juilliard and I’m not going to stand in your way and —”
I put a hand on his mouth to stop him. “Why don’t you let me worry about Juilliard?” He frowns and I press those fingers harder. “For now, tell me you love me.”
I move my fingers and he rasps, “I fucking love you.”
I smile, winding my arms around his neck. “I love you too. Tell me again that you love Halo.”
“I fucking love Halo.”
“Tell me that we’ll stay together. Forever.”
He swallows. “We’ll stay together forever. Because we’re a family now.”
My eyes fill with happy tears. “Family. Yeah. Now kiss me.”
Chuckling, he does exactly that. He captures my lips in a kiss.
As if he couldn’t wait any longer. I couldn’t either.
I can’t believe I waited for this for thirteen years. I didn’t evenknowthat I was waiting.
But I was.
Because how could I not?
How could I not have felt what he felt? Maybe that’s why he made me want to dance whenever I saw him play, the Wild Mustang. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t stay away from him, couldn’t stop thinking about him despite all the warnings.
