Tanith/Ghastly.
I do own the Skulduggery Pleasant series. It belongs to Derek Landy, the amazing author who is the inspiration to all of my writing.
Tanith Low hated the fact that someone – a man, at that – could leave her speechless, dumbstruck, confused. Many years ago, she had vowed that she would dedicate her life to ridding the world of evil, and not bother with that so called love crap. It would distract her, which wouldn't do at all. Her line of work required concentration, and she couldn't let her guard down for a man. But she had. Oh, God, she had. She had let herself fall. Fall into him, into his embrace. And worst of all- She let her guard down. For a man. Ugh.
Ghastly Bespoke. Strong, intelligent, determined. Everything she would look for in a man if she were interested in looking- which she was not. But she found that sometimes you don't have to be looking to find. She found him out of pure coincidence, with a little help from a dark-haired girl who attracted trouble wherever she went. They were a part of a team. They watched each other's backs and trusted each other simply because they needed someone to trust. Together, they became a part of a team, a team that could kick some serious arse, thank you very much.
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Ghastly Bespoke was scarred. Common knowledge, yes, and most people avoided him because of it. And because of this fact, he had grown to accept that he would probably never find love. Love. A foreign concept, to say the least. He didn't desire it, mainly because he didn't understand it. Then he met her. The strong, independent woman that left him staring after her when she left, awestruck and shocked at the emotions that her hips alone brought. And he understood love. He desired it. And he was confused, and scared of how his scars would affect her feelings.
Tanith Low. Strong, intelligent, determined. Everything he would look for in a woman, if he ever bothered looking. Which he didn't, because he was thoroughly convinced it was useless, and he would just be disappointed. He wasn't looking. Of course not. But you don't have to be looking to find. He found her because of that girl that would not take his advice and forget about their world. And then his best friend went and got kidnapped, and he met the woman of his dreams. Maybe it was a good thing that the girl had decided to ignore him. Maybe.
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