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“Everyone wanted a lot for me, and I’m not sure I ever knew what I wanted.”
She could feel the weight of her life bearing down, crushing her day by day, always taking more than she could spare, but she could also feel Kaine, the warmth of him and his fingers laced through her hair. He was gentler than she thought he could be. He looked at her like he saw her.
“You made me feel like the parts of me that aren’t useful still deserve to exist. Like I’m not just all the things I can do.”
“When it doesn’t seem possible, it helps to think about everything I’m waiting for.”
For the first time, Kaine Ferron was fully human to her. She’d slipped through his walls and peeled away the defensive layers of malice and cruelty, and found that there he carried a broken heart.
Her mind was never quiet enough to let her enjoy anything without thinking about its consequences.
Someday, she promised herself, someday I am going to love him in a moment that isn’t stolen.
What must it be like to be stuck with this version of her when she used to be so much more?
