The debt

ALEKSANDER'S POV

Rhea was mine in every sense of the word. She knew it now with no hesitation or doubt. My little dancer would soon come to learn how utterly wrapped around her dainty finger, I was in return. While she was mine, I was hers. We belonged so wholly to one another that there could be no question, fate always meant for us to cross paths.

The stars aligned at the birth of the world leading up to every moment until the fateful night we fell first into one another's arms. She was burning up from within more power than even the first stars that made the universe. Rhea was the brightest star, and I loved her with the force of any supernova.

I held her delicately against my chest all morning along. Thin shafts of pale yellow light slipped through a break in the curtains. I didn't move a muscle as I watched the light move around the room as the early hours passed and she remained asleep. What she has been through the past days exhausted her, and I was content to let her sleep.

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