“You’re not going to force me, are you?” “Never. Never, cupcake.” He rested his forehead against her temple again. “Let me make one thing perfectly clear, though, Cora dear…nobody touches you but me. You can tell me no as many times as you want, every time I ask between now and when the sun burns out. But there’s a part of me there inside you. And if they defile you, they defile me, and we can’t have that.”
