“I love you,” I said, the words slipping out easily now and I wondered what had stopped me before. “You brightened my world the minute you came here. Before you, I was so used to being invisible, but you saw me and turned those blue eyes in my direction and I was hooked. You are my heart, and not being bonded with you feels like my heart has been living outside of my body and I can’t do anything to protect it from the world around us.”
