She’s the first thing to give me a purpose in too long to remember, and I keep almost losing her. “When I finish destroying Dorian, you’re going to be my Flame,” I tell her very seriously. She smiles up at me, only a single tear escaping her lids. “Only if you stop pissing me off so much.” I nip her lips with more playfulness, trying to comfort her, as I hold my own emotions at bay.
