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“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.”
“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.”
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.
I will make them pay if they get you killed.”
“You are not replaceable,” he said, his hands trembling against her shoulders. “You are not required to make your death convenient. You are allowed to be important to people. The reason I’m here—the reason I’m doing any of this—is to keep you alive. To keep you safe. That was the deal.” He searched her face. “They didn’t tell you.”
the moment I looked into your eyes, I should have known I would never win against you.”
“You’re mine. You swore yourself to me. Now and after the war. I’m going to take care of you. I’m not going to let anyone hurt you. You don’t have to be lonely. Because you’re mine.”
She was locked in the dangerous embrace of Kaine Ferron, and it felt like home.
“I used to think that we were the reverse of each other. Now—” She looked at him and extended her hand. “—I can’t help feeling like we’re mostly the same.”
It was as though their souls were touching, too.
“You’re mine. I’ll always come for you.”
“I’m going to take care of you. I swear, I’m always going to take care of you.”
“Just live, Helena.” His voice was shaking. “That’s all I’m asking you to do for me.”
I love you. I will always love you. I will always take care of you.
Someday, she promised herself, someday I am going to love him in a moment that isn’t stolen.
“If I survive, I’m not going anywhere without you.”
I’d do it all again, every second, to save you.”
“Every time you asked, I promised I was yours. Always. There aren’t any exemptions or expiration dates on always.”
He’d loved her, even though he never expected them to be anything but doomed. He’d loved her all the same.
“I love you. And I always will. Always.”
“I love you. You left, and I’d never told you.”
Every word. Every life. Because of you.
“Every day. I’ll choose you.
“Love isn’t as pretty or pure as people like to think. There’s a darkness in it sometimes. 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.”
