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"Camilla isn’t Claudia, Yuri…"

"What’s the difference between theic story and how they got back together I could see why he thought that our story was similar to theirs, but it wasn’t

Claudia had been a prostitute, just like her mother She experienced abuse fro creature

"You knohat broke Claudia, Yuri You understood the depths of her brokenness You sahy she was broken firsthand You admit yourself that you contributed to her brokenness when you used her that first night"

Yuri’s lips twitched at the recollection of the night Claudia was brought to hi with her that she was the girl he was in love with

"You can’t fix sori me in She never opened up her past to me She never alloweda conversation with "You had to wait hundreds of years before the wo I will never become immortal like you I don’t ever want to be"

"The way I see it, Aiden" Yuri sly "You are mortal You only have this one lifetime, a few decades at best, to be with the wo you You still love Camilla – even if you don’t knohat broke her It doesn’t make a difference whether or not you know the reasons behind why a person is broken, Aiden We’re all broken The question is can you still love her and trust her in spite of that brokenness?"

"I did that for a full decade and still, she left Cahter"

"Well, I did it for centuries and still, Claudia left Love doesn’t have to be returned in order for it to be true, Aiden When she ca back, don’t you think I wanted tome I wanted to hurt her like she hurt ive her and take her back Part of o back to the way she was, but at least I’ll have this moment in time, this period, when I can say that the woman I love shows me that she loves me in return Don’t miss out on that, Aiden"

I stared at Yuri, a man as turned into a vae I wondered where all the wisdo physically, but he was actually givingpuff frooing to do?" Yuri asked after a long silence

I scoffed at the question, "After that long-winded speech of yours, what choice do I have other than to see Cahed and I realized that as much as I hated to admit it, I actually considered this vaan to hold my breath the moment Aiden entered my cell Yuri tossed him a wooden stake as he approached – a safety measure

The vampire winked at ood with one of those things"

I smirked, unable to look at Aiden in the eye "He won’t need it unless the only reason he’s here is to attempt to kill rinned "Don’t get yourself into more trouble than you’re already in, Ca

With Yuri gone, I forced myself to look at Aiden He crossed his arainst the stone wall, wooden stake secure in his grip, green eyes glaring at rid?" He cocked his head to the side "Or should I start calling you Camilla like everyone else?"

As far as I was concerned, I had only one chance to get this right, and I wasn’t about to spend it playing ga around the bush so I asked Aiden the one question I wanted to hear the answer to "Do you still love me, Aiden?"

A muscle on his jaitched He was quiet for what felt like an eternity as he gave it thought I was almost sure that the silence meant no When he spoke up, I wished he’d just kept his silence "It doesn’t really ht I love our daughter more"