thought if I could fix my face, she’d be able to love me, you know? But I don’t think it’ll be enough. I’m not enough. Because I’m broken and an oaf and wicked—everything she’s ever accused me of. She was right. You should’ve seen her at the palace.” I sigh more deeply than I ever have in my life. “It’s like … it’s like we never happened. Maybe I was just a pet, like her father said. And now she’s tired of me. She’s moved on.” I swallow thickly. “Even though I never will.”
