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The fur coat fell from my shoulders and dropped to the ground.
My mind raced, trying to catch up with the moment. The garden, the fireflies, the ring, the man kneeling before me. . .it was too much, too perfect, too overwhelming.
I stared at him and my heart pounded in my head.
His gaze never wavered as he gave me a nervous smile. “Say something, Moni. . .don’t leave me hanging. . .not now. . .”
Chapter twenty-four
Rings and Revelations
Lei
I knelt before Moni.
My heart boomed in my chest like a war drum.
This wasn’t just a proposal—it was a lifetime claim.
A blood oath.
A vow to God.
A promise that no one else would ever touch her, hold her, or have her.
Not in this life or any other.
She was mine.
She always had been. But as I looked up at her, my chest tightened with a fear I hadn’t expected.
What if she says no?
The thought was a jagged blade, slicing through my confidence and leaving me terrifyingly raw.
The idea of her rejection was unthinkable.
If she refused me—if she even hesitated—I wouldn’t know what to do.
Would I be able to let her walk away without wearing my ring?
No.
That answer was immediate.
Primal.
I wouldn’t let her go.
Couldn’t.
Tonight, I planned to fight for her, to bleed for her, to sacrifice everything to have her peacefully by my side.
The depth of my possessiveness, the way it clawed at my insides, made me feel like a man barely hanging onto the edges of sanity, it wouldn’t let hernotwear my ring tonight.
I loved her so fiercely so much that it bordered on a maddening obsession, and that terrified me.
Moni’s eyes widened and her lips parted as if she wanted to speak, but no words came.
