“A seneschal hating on protocol,” I muse. “How interesting.”

“Given that your bite mark is the size of this very stronghold, I’m not sure why we’re going through the formality of this, but if it’s important to the general, who am I to⁠—”

“We’re here.” Ivar’s hand squeezes my shoulder. “Any last words?”

I think about it. Shake my head. Watch the doors part.

On the other side, Gabriel smiles at me.

I murmur to myself, “Now, this is the rest of my life.”

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Ali Hazelwood is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the US to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. When Ali is not at work, she can be found crocheting, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her three feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband).

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