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One side of his lips kicked up, and it was a how a simple half smile could twist my insides "I didn’t think you would, and I wouldn’t leave you here Where I go, you go, and vice versa You’re not getting rid of ree on that" Not too long ago, Daemon would’ve tried to shelter me, but I think he’d learned that didn’t work out very well

This was the first tiether and could speak openly with each other, and as I watched hi beyond his sister on his s as we had to stress over, it would be like looking for an apple in a pile of apples

"What?" I asked

Our gazes collided and held, and I drew in an unsteady breath Those ereen, never failed to catch my attention Daemon was beautiful in a way that didn’t seem possible, but that beauty ran deep, beyond the skin that really wasn’t his true for When I first met him, I hadn’t believed that Now I knew better

His thick lashes lowered "Just thinking about what Nancy said about the seruht ere?"

"Yeah"

"This is good, though" I smiled when he looked up I didn’t knohat to think, other than that our lives really not being joined together had to be good news and that it didn’t change anything between us "II’ so volatile on me, but it’sit’s okay I know I can kick soer than me I’m the weaker--"

"You’re not weak, Kitten You’ve never been weak, before or after the mutation"

"Thanks for that, but you knohat I mean Let’s be realistic I’ I can only go for so long before I tucker out You really don’t"

"I get it" He thrust his hands through his hair again, frowning

I searched his face "Then, what?"

"It’s just that" Daeether He reached out and draped his hands over my knees "It’s just that since the ht it ht I’d face a day without you That I’d never have to worry about going on if you weren’t there And I’ to make this into some kind of Romeo and Juliet bullshit, but now I know there’s a chance of that and itit fking terrifies me, Kat It really does"

I blinked back a sudden rush of tears as I cupped his cheeks The slight stubble tickledthere terrifies ainst ood news, and I know it’s stupid I should be eneral than not, but--"