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“Because the way he burned for her… No vows, no notion of duty- nothing- could stop it.”

“That he was the one to make her smile.”

“His heart lifted at that, revelling in the knowledge that he had the power to banish her monsters.”

“When was the last time he'd felt peace? When was the last time he'd breathed an easy breath and not thought of the million things pressing down on him?”

“I will spend each day of the rest of my life seeing to it she never wonders if the man she trusts loves every piece of her heart.”

"My truth? All right. I am not letting you push me away; where I belong is at your side. The pain you felt tonight, I want you to let me hold some of it-preferably all-if it should take you again. The way you have stood by me when fear overwhelms me, I want to do the same. The truth is I want all of you. Your fire, your tears, your laughter, your hopes. I want them all. You are more than enough for me, Skadi."

"I'm in love with you." Jonas pressed his forehead to mine. "I do not hold you on the surface of my heart, you are in the deepest pieces where I keep my worst fears. To lose you would mean facing pain so wretched it would destroy me. I would not survive it. Even if I was still breathing, I would no longer be me, and instead would become a cruel, violent, hopeless shell of the man I was."