FORTY-ONE

Lucius pov

I froze. I bloody froze and stared at her as if Eden had just hung the moon for me.

The thing was that no matter how much I already adored and desired her, the feeling in my chest intensified as soon as she muttered those magic words.

All my life, I hid away from everyone’s eyes, fearing that I was the cursed one who would never get the chance to enjoy what true love meant. But here she was, right in front of me, looking at me as if I truly mattered.

I was more than ready to take back every word I had shouted at the sky over the years. Every insult I threw at the Moon Goddess, every damn time I cursed her existence… After all, she didn’t deny me the only thing I had ever truly desired to find.

The look in her eyes spoke more than a thousand words. The words that would be nothing but empty promises compared to the silence that surrounded and hid us from the word.

Although we stood in the shower with no other intention, both of us being naked and watching each other as w