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This scene takes place after chapter 23
In Which Marion Opens her Mosaic Broken Heart - Preview
Her voice was a whisper: “What are we doing here, Khalid?”
He yawned and nestled deeper into the crook of her shoulder. “I’m napping. You’re looking for clues.”
“No. I mean…you and I. What are we doing?”
He craned his neck to blink up at her. The refraction through the stained glass made his green eyes twinkle. “Marion Greywick, I am doing anything and everything.”
“I don’t understand you.”
He unhooked his body from hers, turned onto his stomach and looked down at her. “What is so hard to understand?”
She turned away, unable to stay calm beneath his gaze. “Why do you help me so much? Why do you hold a secret that would destroy you if your best friend found out? Why are you only honest with me in moments?”
Khalid inhaled. Then ran a gentle finger along her jaw until she turned back to him. “Is it truly so hard to believe that I care for you?”
“Yes.” She wasn’t being funny. Only the Greywicks cared about the Greywicks.
He raised a brow then shook his head. “Fine. You want me to be honest with you? Here it is. When I first met you, I was curious. Who wouldn’t be? The Lost Star Children. And one is a vampire, and nobody knows it. What I told you that day in Wolfhelm is true. I wanted you to come to the Academy because I thought there might be answers for Vivian here. And your little brother proved me right.”
“So this whole thing is just a morbid curiosity with the Greywick freaks?” She started to sit up, but he pushed her back into the curtains.
“Will you listen for once in your life?” His voice was rough, eyes flashing like green fire. “The wonderful thing about curiosity, little leech girl, is that it leads to understanding. Like how I now understand that the middle Greywick is a stubborn, prickly, bullheaded woman with absolutely no regard beyond her own family.”
Marion’s breath came ragged and hot. “Now, see here—”
“I told you to listen,” he growled and grabbed the sides of her head. “And this woman is also passionate and strong and determined. And when she’s around me, I feel like I can take on the goddamned world.”
For once, Marion was struck silent. Her eyes filled with tears, and Khalid was a blurry mosaic of light in her vision. “Kiss me, Khalid.”
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