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I’m not running from him. Even in the moments he’s lost control, he’s never hurt me. He never will.”
a sea of endless black I instantly recognize as home. A band of darkness wraps around my hips and yanks me backward, then brushes my cheek gently, steadying my galloping heartbeat and quieting my power.
“Tell me something, Violence.” A muscle in his square jaw ticks as he stares down at me, rippling the tawny-brown skin of his stubbled cheek. “Why is it always you?”
“I never realized how much I like alone time until I didn’t have any.”
“We live by the Codex—” I try again. “I live by you.
“This is a closed meeting,” Lieutenant Forgot-his-name says, drawing his dimpled chin back in indignation. “I forgive you for failing to invite me,” Xaden replies, sinking into the chair on my left.
“This close to Basgiath, war and death are on most minds.” “So true,” Ridoc agrees.
“Did you love him?” he repeats. “Holy shit.” My hands fall from his jacket. “You’re actually jealous.” “Yes, love, I’m jealous.”
“I’m jealous of the armor that holds you when I can’t, the sheets on your bed that caress your skin every night, and the blades that feel your hands.
I’ve made my peace with knowing there’s no getting over you.”
“Approaching,” Tairn announces. “Take us both.”
“I am not a horse,”
you have the credibility of a drunkard and the integrity of a rat.
