Addie pulls away. From his words, his touch. “This is cruel, Luc. Even for you.” “No,” he snarls. “Cruelty would be ten years instead of one. Cruelty would be to let you have a lifetime with him, and have to suffer more for losing.” “I would choose it anyway!” She shakes her head. “You never intended to let him live, did you?” Luc inclines his head. “A deal is a deal, Adeline. And deals are binding.” “That you would do all this to torment me—” “No,” he snaps. “I did it to show you. To make you understand. You put them on such a pedestal, but humans are brief and pale and so is their love. It
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