“Since I was seventeen, I have done everything in my power to keep the people I love safe. But Coleford will not stop until he has his revenge. And I cannot protect you. I cannot keep you safe. Not now, not ever.” He looked to her. “You think I have not spent the last eighteen years thinking about how to return to this life? To this world? You think I have not spent the last two years thinking about how I might be able to have you?”
