Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)

by James S.A. Corey

When she pulled back, the humor was gone from his eyes. They’d been together for so long. They’d been so many different people together. She felt the change coming again. She was entering a new part of her life now.

“I’ll be back after work.” “You say that now, but I know you. You’ll find something interesting and stay up until midnight chasing it, and by the time you come home, it’ll be time to leave again.” “You’re probably right.” “It’s why everyone needs you,” Fayez said. “It’s why I need you too. When you get back, I’ll be here.” “Thank you,” she said. “I’m sorry we couldn’t run away together.” “Maybe in our next lives.”

“Thing is, you went through some weird shit too. You got changed. Know some things you didn’t know going in. Naomi and Alex? Same. Hell, Tiny’s barely related to who she was the first time I saw her. That’s just life.” Amos shrugged. “I guess the dog didn’t change much, except she got a little gray around the muzzle.”