“It don’t take that much to love somebody you naturally love, Nori.” I shrugged. “Or maybe it does for some people, bad people like you. I’ve always been a means to an end for you, something to help you achieve something else. When I was a kid, I was there for you to keep my father around, keep ya claws in him. Now, I’m a way for you to live the way you used to when you was fucking with him.”

