She stiffened, not expecting those words.
"What?"
Zenyph's heart pounded in his chest, as he repeated the words.
"I love you."
Saphirella didn't know what to say.
"Do you really mean that or are you just playing a game?", she asked softly.
He leaned forward, his lips brushing against hers.
"I really mean it. I'll love and cherish you forever. You're mine and I'm yours. I won't let anything change that. Not even the Gods themselves."
She buried her face in his chest, her eyes moist with tears. She finally gave in to the voices in her head, to the emotions she had been fighting against for so long.
"I love you too."
And for a brief moment, the world seemed to stop spinning.
