“I value your affection more than anything, but I have held you gently, ready to let you go the moment you wish to be free. But what message does that send to you?” His eyebrows pulled together, and his voice dropped even lower. “How many times can I offer you your freedom before you begin to feel you are not valued? Do you know how intensely, how ferociously you are wanted?”
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Darcy Coates,
Whispers in the Mist