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"Raihn," against his lips, a question, an
answer, a plea. Because that name was all those things, wasn t it? Rahn. My downfall and my most valuable supporter. My weakness and my strength. My worst enemy and the greatest love I had ever known.”

"Just want you to know, Oraya," he murmured, "that you were the best part of it. The best part of all of it. “My chest clenched violently, so sudden and sharp it felt like the aftermath of a blow. The earnestness of what he'd just said cut me open.
But worse still was how much it sounded like a goodbye. I said, voice tighter than I intended, "You accuse me of going soft when you're spewing that sappy bullshit?"

"Men and their secrets," she said. "We spend a lifetime trying to unravel them, and once they're gone, we're still at their mercy.”

"Only good thing about the last time it happened was that you were the last thing I saw."
"Let me make you the queen that you are. Let me guard your body, your soul, your heart. Let me spend the rest of my fucking pathetic lite at your mercy. If I need to die, then let me do it by your hand. Please."

"I've got to believe in love, Raihn. The world is sad enough."

"I'd spend a lifetime at the tip of your blade, and it would have been worth it."

"To die, rather than killing you?" he said quietly. "Yes. That would have been worth it. Even I had to draw a line somewhere. And you're the line, Oraya."