He was dead serious.

“Why wouldn’t I be? Regardless of what I just said, I do not anticipate falling in love like Neo, but one day I will marry and procreate. Why build an empire if I have no intention of leaving it to someone?”

She didn’t mention his nieces and nephew. Clearly, that wasn’t what he meant. Zephyr wanted his own family. “But you don’t think you will ever fall in love?”

“No.”

That made more sense, even if it hurt enough to make it difficult to breathe.

“But…”

“But what? You loved your ex-husband, yes?”

She grimaced. “Yes.”

“And did that bring you happiness?”

“No, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think love can happen, or make me happy when it does.”

for

it will.” It already had—with him—and his revelations on the Acropolis

suddenly realized she was very likely to pay the price for another woman’s actions. Actions that were decades old,

was not available to

in distaste. “Love is a

Surely he could see that, especially now that Neo was so happily in that

don’t regret loving Art?” Zephyr asked with

cheater and a liar

different from

was

up causing you pain,”

Art had nearly destroyed her on every level. And loving Zephyr didn’t look like it was going to be a much better prospect. At least she knew where

was something,

and it made her stomach clench to have him use it on her. “Look, I’m not trying to be the Scrooge of happily ever after, but you and I both know someone loving you is no guarantee they

evoked out of her voice. It wasn’t his fault

“It works for me.”

abandoned him to build a better life

loves Cassandra and vice-versa. Or

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