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“I have warned you, if something happens to you, I will personally raze the Eternal Flame. That isn’t a threat. It is a promise. Consider your survival as much a necessity to the Resistance as Holdfast’s. If you die, I will kill every single one of them.”
“You’re like a rose in a graveyard,” he said, and his lips twisted into a bitter smile. “I wonder what you could have turned into without the war.”
“I can’t—I can’t do this again—” he finally gasped out. “I can’t care for someone again. I can’t take it.”
He wouldn’t let go. He gripped her tighter. “You are not expendable. You don’t get to push everyone away so that they’ll feel comfortable using you and letting you die.”
“Just live, Helena.” His voice was shaking. “That’s all I’m asking you to do for me.”
Someday, she promised herself, someday I am going to love him in a moment that isn’t stolen.
“Why—” Her voice broke. “—why did you kill everyone?” He seemed startled by the question, as if he’d expected one of the others. “I was trying to find you.”
“We’ll go out together, won’t we, old girl? Bennet’s last two monsters.”
“It’s all right, Kaine. You did everything you could.” I’d rather die in your arms.
“Every day. I’ll choose you. That way you’ll know it’s still what I want.”
Kaine and I go hand in hand. I made him who he is. I knew what that array meant when I saved him. If he’s a monster, then I’m his creator.”
