Hazel, Frank thought immediately. There was no one he trusted more. But how could he confess his secret? If he admitted how weak he was, that his whole life depended on a half-burned stick…Hazel would never see him as a hero. He’d never be her knight in armor. And how could he expect her to take that kind of burden from him?
this reminds me of when hua cheng gave xie lian a ring filled with his ashes like ‘’if you die i wish nothing more than to die along side with you’