But I would make up for that. Eternity was ahead, and I would spend all of it repeating those words in any way I knew how. Her face was still so close to mine, and she whispered, “Say it again.” Smearing my hand through my own blood, I lifted my arm and traced my fingers across her chest, spelling out the words. “I love you,” I said. “I love you more than life itself, more than my own freedom. For you and you alone, I’ve stayed alive, Everly. For you, I would face everything I ever feared. I’ve lived a thousand lifetimes and I swear I’ve loved you in every one of them.”
