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"There is power in blood and vows," she said. "We make a promise here and now that we will find each other again. No matter what happens, you will return to me. We have believed in each other enough to get us this far, let's not stop now"

If you are ever lost, simply search into my heart and there you will be.

I may have realized too late that I have not lived life to the fullest. At least I could watch you live yours.

"Hope is a strange thing, don't you think? It can pull you out of your darkest thoughts, but also leave you destroyed if that hope turns into nothing greater."

He chuckled. "I'm sorry for you, man."

"For me?" Lalo pointed to himself. "¿Por qué?"

"I'm used to my outrageous family. But you? You're marrying into it.

Evil always finds a way in. If it isn't sedientos, it is people.

She used to see the world in black and white. Right or wrong. Monster or human. Why did Lalo have to add color where it didn't belong?

"I'm only wearing underpants." He gestured at his body.

"Shall I strip down too so we are on even ground?"

Still, he'd take suffering over ruining another person's life any day.

"I'm sorry, Abuelito." Carolina tried to hold back her sobs.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" He coughed. "You had your first kill. And you are safe. That is what matters."

"No. You are what matters."