VICTORIA

His gaze darkened, thinking again about that bastard Frederick and how he had controlled him.

“I trusted our love, our bond, and I knew you’d eventually wake up to save me.”

I rose on my tiptoes and kissed him passionately on the lips, feeling his eager hands squeeze at my waist.

I didn’t want him to spend his whole life full of regrets.

“Besides, if you’d let them burn me alive, I would’ve crushed your ‘nuts’ afterward,” I whispered against his mouth, sliding my hand down to grope his