I am a forest and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.- Fredrick Nietzsche
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Silence followed between the two and soon, Delaney went back to eating the remaining apples. Merikh just watched silently, finding himself both amused and annoyed. Annoyed with himself because of how he felt attracted to her and how nice it felt to talk to her. He didn't know if fate was playing games with him but if it was, he didn't want to be attached when the game ended.
He had imagined what his mate would look like many times, but one could never predict fate. In his curse it was stated that his fated mate would be the one to free him and for a century, he had been waiting for the woman who would set him free and flip his world upside down like he had seen with others, but this was like nothing he had imagined.