did it because she couldn’t tell me what she’d do if someone tried to hurt her. Because the sound of that fucking whistle snapped my one and only nerve. Because I didn’t force her into my trunk after the explosion, and I needed to prove to myself that I could. “I let her out, didn’t I?” “Yeah, well—” Rory huffs, reaching for a hammer. “You made her cry, so now I’m gonna make you cry.” She swings it into the wall with so much energy, yet so little strength, that the impact doesn’t even crack the bricks.

