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“You can resist this all you want, Sage. I had my turn, and now it’s yours, but as you said, I won’t be giving up on you. Ever.” He turned on his heel then paused, spinning back without warning and kissing Evie with a fierceness that made her reach out to grab his shoulders. For the most fleeting of moments, they were locked together, and her treacherous heart knew nothing had ever or would ever feel so right

“We are meant to destroy each other. Every bad thing that’s ever happened to you can be traced directly back to my birth. I never should’ve pushed you; I never should have been-”
Her wrist was in a death grip. “If you finish that with the word ‘born,’ I will show you what a real villain is”
She shoved at him, nearly in tears. “This isn’t amusing Trystan”
His jaw clenched “I’m not laughing”

‘Trystan’s hand was indeed wrapped around Evie’s, his body angled protectively toward hers, brushing his lips against the top of her head, seeming to relish the small smile it brought to her lips.’

“I’m not giving up on you.” She spoke it aloud so they both understood. “Ever.”
His eyes bored into hers, the fondness in his gaze like a caress. “Gods help the fool who tries to stand against you, Sage.”

“You love me?” His lips drifted closer, his eyes closing as his forehead pressed against hers, a rightness in every place they touched.
“If that’s what this awful feeling in my chest is, if that’s why I can’t imagine my life without you, if that’s what love is—then yes, Evie. I love you so much it’s terrible.”
She let out a broken laugh.

“Am I like my mother?” There was real fear in the little girl’s eyes, and Becky knew that fear, knew what it was to worry if blood would take over, turning you into someone you never wanted to be.

‘when Sage’s soft hand found his, stopping him as he twisted his torso back. “Yes?”
Sage smiled at him with more warmth than he would ever know what to do with and whispered, “I’m with you. No matter what, I’m on your side. Okay?”
Something burned in the corner of his eye and didn’t stop, even as he nodded stiffly’

‘The difficulty with feelings was you could manage them, keep them at bay, but eventually they would return, and they would demand penance. Evie feared the day they came to collect on all the times she had shuttered them away.’

Yeah

“Cry.” Her body followed the order, as if he commanded her faculties and not she. “And if anyone says a word to make you feel ashamed of it, I’ll drown them in the shallow puddle your tears make.” He gave her a sly grin. “I hear drowning is the most painful way to die.”

“You remember me saying that in the Heart Village?”
“I remember everything you say.”

“Are you wearing Trystan’s shirt, Evie, dear?” Tatianna said, scanning the fabric with obvious distaste.
“Are you wearing Tatianna’s lipstick again, Clare?” Trystan asked, his voice hardened and cold.

I laughed out loud