KNOX'S POV
She pulls back to look at me, her wide brown eyes searching my face.
"Knox... you can't destroy your position for me. You can't sacrifice everything you've built—"
"Watch me." I cup her face in my hands, force her to see the truth in my eyes. "You are worth more than the crown. You are worth more than my position. You are worth more than every single person in that council chamber combined, and if they can't see that, they don't deserve the loyalty I've given them."
Her eyes fill with tears. "You don't mean that."
"I've never meant anything more in my entire life."
I kiss her then—soft and desperate and full of everything I can't say out loud.
The fear that tomorrow will destroy us. The rage that I couldn't protect her better.
The devastating realization that my wolf yea
