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Chapter 68 - The word

Daelan POV 

This is not how I planned to say it.

Hell, I don't even know how I planned to say it.

I just know it wasn't supposed to slip out like that—half gasped, half groaned, worshipping her name as if it were the only word I remembered.

But it did. And now the words are out there, sitting heavy in the space between us.

I shift forward, planting my feet on the cold marble floor, and press my palms into my knees. My elbows dig in as I lean over, shoulders tense. I run a hand through my hair, gripping the strands at the base of my neck.

The words still feel foreign. Not because they're a lie—never that. But because they carry a weight I've never let myself hold before.

I do love her.

Gods, I'd die for her.

So why the hell am I so freaked out?

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