“I should have known it was something more when I felt the need to protect you. I told myself that it was because you were mine to torment, and I didn’t want to share your pain.” “Ramel…” He looked back down at me. “While that is still true, I have come to decide that you will also be mine to pleasure. I am sorry you have been lonely, Lilith, but I am not sorry for keeping you for myself.”
