Page 507 - Fourth Wing

“Or maybe they knew you already carried a scar.” He trails his fingers

down the long silver scar on my arm from Tynan’s blade. “I wanted to
fucking kill them. And instead, I had to stand there and watch them go at

you three-on-one. I was at the edge of my control and ready to step in when

Tairn landed.”
“It was only two-on-one once Jack ran,” I reminded him. “And you

couldn’t have interfered. It’s against the rules, remember?” But he took that

step. That single step that told me he would have.
A corner of his mouth quirks into one of the sexiest smirks I’ve ever seen.

“At the end of the day, you walked away with two dragons.” His expression

falls. “Two weeks from now, I won’t even be here to watch when you’re
challenged, let alone do anything about it.”

“I’ll be fine,” I promise. “Whomever I can’t beat in a challenge, I’ll just
poison.”

He doesn’t laugh.

“Come on, let’s get you to bed.” I lean in and kiss the scar on his
eyebrow. “It will be tomorrow when you wake up.”

“I don’t deserve you.” His arm curls around my hips and he tugs me
closer. “But I’m going to keep you all the same.”

“Good.” I lean in and brush my lips over his. “Because I think I’m in love

with you.” My heart beats erratically, and panic claws up my rib cage. I
shouldn’t have said it.

His eyes flare wide and his arms tighten around me. “You think? Or you

know?”
Be brave.

Even if he doesn’t feel the same, at least I will have spoken my truth. “I

know. I’m so wildly in love with you that I can’t imagine what my life
would even look like without you in it. And I probably shouldn’t have said

that, but if we’re doing this, then we’re starting from a place of complete
honesty.”