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YOU ARE NOT REAL

“Like it hasn’t already,” Gregor snarled, nervousness crossing his features. “There will be a rebellion soon. I suspect tomorrow at the latest. And the kingdoms can’t even fucking accept me looking like this, a half-human and half-demon face stuck like this forever. How will they… How will they accept me as their new leader?”

Elise pulled her hand away from me and took Gregor’s face in her hands. “I accept you just the way you are, Gregor,” she whispered. “They will too.”

He stared down at her for a long time, hard gaze softening. And finally, he dropped his head and rested it against hers, his body tense. “I can’t fucking do it. I don’t want to do it. They’ve done nothing but belittle me since I was a child.”

My heart clenched at the brokenness in his voice. It reminded me of Elise’s after she was attacked by werewolves years ago. She had come to me in tears and told me that nobody would ever love her, that nobody would ever look at her the same. But I hadn’t seen her any differently
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