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I have yet to accept my new circumstances. That, I fear, will be my demise.
the real problems are rarely the ones we spend our time worrying about.
“It was one-sided,” he tells me after he’s done chewing. “From you.” “What?” “The dislike.” “I assure you, it was not.” “And I assure you, when I look at you, I feel anything but that.”
“I might not remember my name, or anything about who I am. But I could never be near you and not know exactly what you are to me.”
“I know your smell. I know your skin. Your hair. It’s all familiar. I have it all memorized. And I dream of you—of this. So many dreams, all so different, we must have done it a million times, in a million different ways. Tell me what you’re hiding from me, let’s get this over with, and then let’s do it a million more times.”
“Aethelthryth, nothing would make me happier than having you with me here, or in any other place that I will call