“I love you like a brother,” said Gabriel once the door was closed. “Which is why I am telling you this. Lilith deserves commitment.” “I know what she deserves,” I said. “I’m just not sure she wants it.” You act like this has to mean something, she’d said the night Esther died. Sex can just be sex. “Maybe she doesn’t think that’s possible with you,” said Gabriel. I ground my teeth. That was exactly what she thought, because it was true, but I would break every rule for her if she said she wanted more.
