Devoted in Death (In Death, #41)

by J.D. Robb

Trust, she realized. Not just attraction, not just passion, not just a mutual goal. There had to be trust to work as a team.

“Well, the magic elephant who carries the wide dish of the planet on its massive back moves ponderously on its daily trek around the sun.”

“Whatever came before, whatever comes after, I know what love is because of you.” He took her free hand. “Whatever came before, whatever comes after, it’s you who’ve shown me love changes everything. Lifts everything. Gives everything.”