“I hate this place,” I whispered and he flinched. “Please, please make me understand how this was once my home. Because I know it was. I know you were.” “It wasn't always like this. It was before you came, and it was again after you left. But when you were here...” His eyes bore into mine. “You brought light, and life, to a place where I thought none could exist.” He spoke hoarsely, and his words crashed through all the mental armor I'd built up since coming to Olympus. He loved me. I could see it in his face, hear it in his broken voice, feel it in his electrifying touch. All this time, all
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