“All I want,” she said softly to the dark, “is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I love you—just because I am.” “Perfect, unconditional love?” he said just as softly. “Some would tell ye only God can love that way—but I can try.” “Oh, I have faith in you,” she said, and felt the glow of him reach her own heart.
