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“Fuck me more,” I say, my voice raw and broken with emotion.

I wrap my legs around his waist, pulling him closer, needing him deeper. His hands grip my hips, holding me steady as he drives into me, each stroke hitting that perfect spot inside me, sending waves of pleasure crashing through my body.

“Look at me,” he commands desperately.

I open my eyes, meeting his gaze, and the intensity there steals my breath. He’s everywhere—in me, around me, inside my heart, my soul. I can’t tell where he ends and I begin, and I don’t want to.

“I love you,” I whisper, my voice breaking as the pressure builds, as my body tightens, as I feel myself teetering on the precipice.

“I love you,” he echoes, his thrusts growing harder, faster, his cock hitting that sweet spot with unerring precision.

And then I’m falling, shattering, my pussy clenching around him as I come, my cries muffled by his mouth on mine.

He follows, his hips stuttering, his cock pulsing as he spills inside me, his groan of release vibrating against my lips.

We stay like that, tangled together, our breaths mingling, our hearts beating in sync. His arms wrap around me, holding me close, and I know—this is where I belong.

This is forever.

I wake to quiet.

To warmth.

To him.

His body is curled around mine, his breath steady, his fingers lazily trailing circles on my bare skin.

There is no urgency.

No fear.

No war waiting for me when I open my eyes.

There is only this.

Only him.

Only the sound of waves crashing against the shore outside the window, the scent of the sea carried on the wind, the distant cry of gulls as they greet the morning sun.

We are not in the capital anymore.

We are far away from it all.

Because that’s all we ever wanted.

No throne, power, or revenge.

Just this.

Just each other.

I shift beneath him, smiling softly when his grip tightens—like he knows I’m trying to move, and he’s not ready to let me go.

I let him pull me back against his chest.

I press my lips to his collarbone.

He exhales so fucking softly, like he is at peace.