Capítulo 66: Chapter 66

Blaze inclined his head in a single nod. “I know the precise moments my life changed. When I fell in love, when I fell to the curse, and when I first saw you in my dreams. And I was there for them all. I was…That was me. But now…It’s as though I’m allof my former self. And for the first time, all of me is in this moment with all of you.” Blaze traced the line of Arik’s jaw, felt the rasp of stubble and the heat of skin, and a pink flush began to creep across Arik’s nose. His chest rose and fell in a faster rhythm, and Arik’s eyelashes fluttered when Arik dropped his gaze to stare at Blaze’s mouth and then lifted it again to meet Blaze’s eyes. “Dragul meu,” Blaze said. “My beloved. My lover. My…Arik.” Blaze rolled the word off his tongue with his native syllabic emphasis, and Arik’s breathing skipped. “Who saw me, understood what afflicted me and how, and then had the courage to…save me.”