“I just want to make sure you understand that, so when you’re free and if you decide to leave—” “If? You mean when I leave?” “Yes. My apologies,” he demurred. “When you leave and go out into the world and find yourself a mate who has never lied—” “Or kidnapped me?” “Or kidnapped you, there should be no stabbing or punching. Only kisses and promises upheld until dying breaths and beyond,” he said. “That is what you deserve from who you choose to love.”
