“I loved him, Kelsier,” she whispered. “Elend? I know.” “No, not Elend,” Vin said. “Reen. He beat me over, and over, and over. He swore at me, he yelled at me, he told me he’d betray me. Every day, I thought about how much I hated him. “And I loved him. I still do. It hurts so much to think that he’s gone, even though he always told me he would leave.”