‘R’ of Roamina was looped in the same way that Roam made her own cursive Rs.
My mind jumped to Mrs. Wood’s third grade classroom. “Roam, please don’t drag your R down past the bottom line like that. Stop at the line and connect right to the O.”
“But that’s my signature. Signatures are supposed to be original.”
The letters were blotted with ink here and there, and as I read her words, my mouth fell open.
Troy, my love,
The fall was fast, the impact sudden.
Since the night in the garden, I have lost myself in your eyes and have yet to return. I do not wish to continue this life without you. With each breath, your name is left on my lips… as is the memory of your kiss.
Our kingdoms shall unite in peace, and our children shall carry the legacy of our love throughout lifetimes.
Wait for me, my love. I long for the moment that you shall hold me in your arms.
Your everlasting and faithful servant,
Roamina
The air around me grew thin, and I found it hard to breathe.
She really loved him. Holy fucking shit. How?
“ She returned to me… a completely different person.” He set the box to its place in the cabinet, meeting my eyes. “Cold. Unfeeling. Disgusted by my presence. Just sixteen years old, but centuries of vengeance in her eyes.” He shook his head once. “She hurt me deeply.”
The silence in the room unnerved me. I was fully aware of the severity of his outbursts, and waited for him to start throwing shit. Instead, his eyes watered. “In every other lifetime, she looked nothing like my Mina. The French girl, the Spanish girl, the Moroccan… you helped me kill them all. But this time…,” he exhaled with a laugh, “when I first saw her, in that pool… killing her, exacting revenge on the same face that has haunted my dreams for centuries, was my greatest vindication. When she lived, I knew then that she was different. There was a reason she looked so much like my Mina… and when she offered herself in exchange for the baby, I finally knew that reason.”
Carefully, I cleared my throat. “ So she… cheated on you?”
He leaned forward, his face falling. I froze, waiting.
“I welcomed you into my kingdom. As my brother. As second to the throne. You repaid me by fucking my queen. ”
And now we’re moving on to batshit crazy again. I swallowed the gigantic knot in my throat. “The other me. This me also got screwed over, remember?”
His cheeks twitched for a moment before the grin returned to his face. “Yes. Our common enemy.” He sat back, and I relaxed- a little. “West will pay for what he’s done to both of us.”
I remembered the look on her face, in the Russian hotel, when I finally asked her if she was screwing West. Her inability to lie, combined with her innate kindness, left her standing there crying, unable to form words.
When she had all but admitted being with West, I’d actually felt like crying for about ten seconds before the anger flooded in.
“So she wrote you these love letters, and then showed up for the wedding and acted like she hated you?”
“I blamed myself. What could I have done to change her? I tried to shower her with gifts, with tokens of my love, and she accepted them all with that same cunning smile.” He slammed the mug down on the table, a cue for the servant girl to come rushing in to refill it. When she did, Troy caught her around the waist, dragging her into his lap. “When I knew that it was his bastard growing inside her, like a cancer, I put her to death. I sentenced you all to death. But Asher managed to save him … and both of your souls.”
“ He sounds like a powerful wizard.” I looked down as he began shoving his hands in the servant’s dress. Pig.
“ I don’t even want you,” he said to the girl as he shoved her off of his lap, and she fell to the floor, scurrying away. Tipping his head back in staccato, villainous laughter, he shook his head. “I only want Roam. I burn for her. And after our recent
My mind jumped to Mrs. Wood’s third grade classroom. “Roam, please don’t drag your R down past the bottom line like that. Stop at the line and connect right to the O.”
“But that’s my signature. Signatures are supposed to be original.”
The letters were blotted with ink here and there, and as I read her words, my mouth fell open.
Troy, my love,
The fall was fast, the impact sudden.
Since the night in the garden, I have lost myself in your eyes and have yet to return. I do not wish to continue this life without you. With each breath, your name is left on my lips… as is the memory of your kiss.
Our kingdoms shall unite in peace, and our children shall carry the legacy of our love throughout lifetimes.
Wait for me, my love. I long for the moment that you shall hold me in your arms.
Your everlasting and faithful servant,
Roamina
The air around me grew thin, and I found it hard to breathe.
She really loved him. Holy fucking shit. How?
“ She returned to me… a completely different person.” He set the box to its place in the cabinet, meeting my eyes. “Cold. Unfeeling. Disgusted by my presence. Just sixteen years old, but centuries of vengeance in her eyes.” He shook his head once. “She hurt me deeply.”
The silence in the room unnerved me. I was fully aware of the severity of his outbursts, and waited for him to start throwing shit. Instead, his eyes watered. “In every other lifetime, she looked nothing like my Mina. The French girl, the Spanish girl, the Moroccan… you helped me kill them all. But this time…,” he exhaled with a laugh, “when I first saw her, in that pool… killing her, exacting revenge on the same face that has haunted my dreams for centuries, was my greatest vindication. When she lived, I knew then that she was different. There was a reason she looked so much like my Mina… and when she offered herself in exchange for the baby, I finally knew that reason.”
Carefully, I cleared my throat. “ So she… cheated on you?”
He leaned forward, his face falling. I froze, waiting.
“I welcomed you into my kingdom. As my brother. As second to the throne. You repaid me by fucking my queen. ”
And now we’re moving on to batshit crazy again. I swallowed the gigantic knot in my throat. “The other me. This me also got screwed over, remember?”
His cheeks twitched for a moment before the grin returned to his face. “Yes. Our common enemy.” He sat back, and I relaxed- a little. “West will pay for what he’s done to both of us.”
I remembered the look on her face, in the Russian hotel, when I finally asked her if she was screwing West. Her inability to lie, combined with her innate kindness, left her standing there crying, unable to form words.
When she had all but admitted being with West, I’d actually felt like crying for about ten seconds before the anger flooded in.
“So she wrote you these love letters, and then showed up for the wedding and acted like she hated you?”
“I blamed myself. What could I have done to change her? I tried to shower her with gifts, with tokens of my love, and she accepted them all with that same cunning smile.” He slammed the mug down on the table, a cue for the servant girl to come rushing in to refill it. When she did, Troy caught her around the waist, dragging her into his lap. “When I knew that it was his bastard growing inside her, like a cancer, I put her to death. I sentenced you all to death. But Asher managed to save him … and both of your souls.”
“ He sounds like a powerful wizard.” I looked down as he began shoving his hands in the servant’s dress. Pig.
“ I don’t even want you,” he said to the girl as he shoved her off of his lap, and she fell to the floor, scurrying away. Tipping his head back in staccato, villainous laughter, he shook his head. “I only want Roam. I burn for her. And after our recent
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