“I wish you loved me,” she said in a small voice. “Maybe then I could make you halt this madness.” Her statement almost brought him to his knees. It was because he loved her that he followed this path, but telling her so would only make her protest harder or worse, do something foolish that might compromise them both. He closed his eyes for a moment and told his greatest lie. “I don’t love you. You are an admirable woman, more so than any other person I’ve known save Gurn. But that has little bearing here.”
NO MY HEART *sobs in a corner*
