There is one last thing.” I lift my head to see her looking down at me. “Then you’ll put me down?” “Yes.” “Okay, what is it?” “I want to teach you how to make Shade attack on command.” Her eyes round. “It’s easy, and extremely important. If I am, for some reason, unable to be with you, Shade will be by your side. He will kill for you, as I have.” Her heart pounds against her chest, and I can almost hear it coursing through her veins. “You’ll always be there though, right?” “Unless you shoot me dead,
