Total pages in book: 87
Estimated words: 83221 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83221 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
I love the feel of his warm hand on the back of my neck. He brushes a stray lock of hair from my face. I shiver. He rests his other hand on the small of my back. Heat curls in my stomach.
When his lips meet mine, it’s so much more than just physical – a joining of two hearts and minds.
I wrap my arms around him and lose myself in the passion of the moment. When we finally pull apart, we’re both gasping for air. He frames my face in his capable hands. “I love you.”
I lay my hands atop his. “And I love you. I feared this would happen, you know.”
“What would?”
“That I’d fall in love with my captor.”
He looks boyish and vulnerable when he looks up at me. “And?”
Does he really not know?
I grin. “It totally happened.”
I’ve made peace with a lot of things. My place in his family. Being a mom.
Being married to a tiger.
He reaches for me. “Aria, you opened the door to a world riddled with darkness and let the light in. You’ve given me a reason to hope. I love you for who you are and who I am with you.” He brushes his lips to mine. “I’ve lived many lives. But this one? This one is my favorite.”
When he holds me to him, I close my eyes and feel like we got a bonus wedding scene. The vows I took to him were under duress. But these? These words came freely and of his own accord.
Mikhail is sovereign over all, but most of all? He is king to my heart.