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“For some, you are desirable simply because you belong to me, and the very thought of that strikes a murderous chord. I would sooner watch every miserable creature in every realm burn to the ground than hand you over.”
“You are mine.”
“That is because you’re accustomed to words that have grown meaningless for your language. What I feel for you is a word that does not exist in human vocabulary. Stronger than love.”
“Don’t you dare feel remorse. You just showed me the pain inside of you. Your pain is my pain. When you suffer, I suffer. These hits are nothing to the ache in my heart.”
Now that the baby is lost, she will begin her transition. It is my father who has laid claim to her soul.”
“I think she feeds on pregnant women. The fetus, to be exact. There is no compelling in that case.”
“How can you be sure of this?” “Because what your father takes from me is what I need to survive, and I can feel myself growing weaker and weaker by the day.” “What does he take?” “My lifeblood. He feeds on it.”
“Where is it that you come from, Mother?”
“Why, Mother? Why did we not leave? Why did you choose to stay and suffer his abuse?”
“You are not alone. I will come for you in the darkness. And I will bring you back into the light.”
planted a kiss to my inner thigh. “And you are mine. These scars are mine. Your pain is mine.”
“In my language, we call it amreloc. It happens with the joining of souls. You are now mine. Officially.”
