“Julianne,” he said softly, “before I met you, the path for my life was set. And it was a good one. Then you came along, with your charming ways and your love for your brother and your regard for my father, and a hole appeared that I didn’t even know existed. It grew wider and deeper every time we talked until it hurt so much that I couldn’t study, I couldn’t focus. I knew that it would never be filled, and I could never be fully at peace, until I was with you. You are my vocation. I was made to love you, protect you, through the good and bad, and through every vow that will be asked of me.
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