That seemed like a small thing, the waiting.
“And during that time, you must not renounce me, no matter what I say or do.”
I know the nature of faerie bargains. I should have heard this as the warning that it was. Instead, I was only glad that two of his conditions seemed simple enough to fulfill. “What else?”
Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, lest that your heart’s blood should run cold.
“Only this,” Locke said. “Remember, we don’t love the way that you do.”
I know that I should have been a better sister, that I should have given you some warning, but some part of you must understand.
All I had to do was keep my mouth shut and put up with anything he did, until Prince Dain’s coronation. Then he had to tell you the truth. Then he would be with me forever.
And love me until he died
