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Funny thing about fear. When you cling to it, the fear grows exponentially, a monster morphing into a suffocating mass. But when you face it head-on, conquering the beast before it swallows you whole, you find there was nothing there to fear at all. The chains break, and the whole world feels lighter than ever before.
“Sometimes duty does feel an awful lot like a cage. You’ve got to make sure your choices, even dutiful ones, are truly your own.”
When you were sworn to secrecy about something, that included everyone except your best friend.
“Tragedy changes us all, Moira. We get to choose how much. Some survive with a few bumps and bruises. Others wear their scars forever and build walls to block the world out.”
“You want to be possessed, but not controlled. You want to be protected, but not smothered. You want to be dominated, but only in one way.”
Then he punished me for my teasing. And I knew I’d tease him again as soon and as often as I could.
