Tessa put a hand against the wall as she made her way numbly down the stairs. What had she almost done? What had she nearly told Will? And yet I love you. But God in Heaven, what good would that do, what benefit would it be to anyone to say those words? Only the most awful burden on him, for he would know what she felt but not be able to act on it. And it would tie him to her, would not free him to seek out someone else to love—someone who was not engaged to his best friend. Someone else to love. She stepped out onto the front stairs of the Institute, feeling the wind cut through her dress
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