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The words blast me like a blow of frost. “So it’s perfectly clear.” “There is nowhere you can hide. Nowhere you can go. Even if this were to stop beating,” he says, threading his hand over my rioting heart, “I’d follow.”

“I told you. I’ll hunt you to the four corners of the continent.” “I thought you were being—” “What?” “Dramatic,” I rasp, feeling each of his breaths crush me further into the stone, grinding me down. His gaze drops to my lips, up again. “It’s not in my nature to spit words without purpose.” “Well,” I scoff. “I wouldn’t know.” “Then I’ll repeat.”