And I know, if she keeps looking at me like that, there’s no goddamn way I can ever let her go.
That’s why I turned her around and finished in her from behind. Because those eyes will be the death of me. Worse yet, they’ll be the death of her.
If she stays in my world, she’ll die. One way or another, I’ll lose her.
At least, if I send her away, she lives.
When it’s over, Cora rolls to face me. “Thank you for saving me.”
“You’re the one who stabbed that motherfucker in the neck. You saved yourself.”
She shakes her head. “No. No, I—You gave me hope. With the phone call that showed me you weren’t an enemy. The bathroom. The texting. The necklace. Everything you did was a little ray of light. I needed all of it.”
“Anything for you,” I whisper back. “I’ll always be there for you.”
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