Sinner (Priest, #2)

by Sierra Simone

The most selfless people, the most driven people, they need permission to take care of themselves; they need someone who will put them first because they won’t do it for themselves.

“I want to build a tower around you, and then build a castle around that tower, and then dig a moat around that castle, and then I want to guard you like a dragon. Burn anyone who tries to hurt you into ash and then scorch those ashes a second time.”

what I’m feeling tonight is beyond mere obsession. I need to exist entirely inside her, around her, with her, and nothing is good enough until her mitochondria and my mitochondria are close enough to make out,