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Men prone to violence were generally thoughtless, acting with emotion first and applying reason after.
His gaze lifted. “Come here.” When she didn’t obey, a slow smile curved along his lips. “I can make you, if you don’t.”
He tilted her chin up with a fingertip, their eyes meeting. “See?” he said. “It’ll be easier if you obey.”
She looked up at him. “You’re a monster.” He raised an eyebrow. “Noticed that, have you?”
“Everyone who wins says they were good, but they’re the ones who tell the story. They get to choose how we’ll remember it. What if it’s never that simple?”
He raised an eyebrow. “I’ll tell you if you swallow it like a good girl.”
“If I’d known what pain you’d cause me, I never would have taken you.”
“But at this point I suppose I deserve to burn. I wonder if you’ll burn, too.”
“Because you’ll wear your brain smooth if you don’t find answers to all the things you want to know.”
“Do you remember Kaine Ferron?”
“I swear it, on the spirits of the five gods and my own soul, Kaine Ferron, I’m yours as long as I live.”
“Don’t die, Marino. I might miss you.”
“I hate you,” she said again. “I hate you, too.”
“I think I’ve nearly memorised you,” she said. “Especially your eyes. I think I learned to read them first.” The corner of his mouth twitched, and he caught her hand, capturing it against his chest. “I memorised yours, too,” he said after a moment, and then sighed, looking away. “I should have known—the moment I looked into your eyes, I should have known I would never win against you.”
“Don’t go,” he said softly.
“Just live, Helena.” His voice was shaking. “That’s all I’m asking you to do for me.”
“We did it, Kaine,” she said. “Just like we always said we would.”
“I don’t think that an ordinary life will ever feel real for either of us.”
“Every day. I’ll choose you. That way you’ll know it’s still what I want.” She looked out towards the rising sea. “I’m sure there will be good days and bad days for us. Too much has happened to ever really put it behind us, but if you choose me, and I choose you, I think we’re strong enough to make it.”
“Kaine—she has your eyes.”
