Willow
DEAL.
I should feel like I traded myself, yet again. Instead, it feels like it's just an excuse to do what I really want.
And what I really want is to stay. I want to be with Dominik. Against reason, against logic, against common sense. Our relationship began with a one night stand, turned into a fake betrothal via extortion, and now… I don't even know what to call this situation anymore. But at least I know there's something real here now. Beneath all the layers of negotiation and problematic power dynamics and political intrigue, there's us. Whatever it is, it's messy and raw, but it's real. And potent.
Staying with him inevitably means I'm going to get hurt. There's some other woman waiting in the wings for him, and even if there weren't, Dominik is Dominik.
Manipulative. Cunning. Ruthless.
But also… brave. Protective. Fierce.
He's a force to be reckoned with, something magnetic and powerful, and for a little while, I want to let myself get swept up in
