"loosing you now, or later? Maybe I can break the curse. And I could be in love forever."

As much as everyone hates Octavian, you couldn't really find it in you to hate him.

Wasn't he doing what every other person was doing..?

Sure, he's a bit extreme but..others have done the same. Push people down for their own gain, make advances if it meant moving up in the ranks..

The rude snappy tone he had you just took as him taking his job seriously. Though you couldn't find a reason for the bragging and boasting.. you assumed maybe thats how people got after gaining power.

That was just the practice done here. So, you never bothered to hate him.

He realized this.

How if he was passing by your bow your head or wave. How you'd greet him by his title and in a tone he could almost consider respectful.

How you'd also make time for a quick chat in the halls if you saw him. Or how you'd usher the other people away if they were bothering him.

He had grown used to it.

That was likely a mistake, a big one, biggest he's made.

No, that's a lie. Maybe the biggest mistake was letting you stop him to talk, or how he let himself look forward to seeing you. How he'd look for you during each meal.

Maybe his biggest mistake was falling for the first soul that didn't seem to despise him.

He allowed himself to talk to you, get close, comfortable, even. Being friendly and gentle around you just came naturally..

"That's not how you do that,"

He said simply as gently guided your hands through a swift motion, cutting open the side of a stuffed animal.

After weeks, maybe even months, of begging him to show you how to perform a sacrifice, he finally gave in.