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"How can you love someone too much?"

"When that love overcoic — when the love once beautiful starts to create fear and jealousy Just because soood Do you understand?"

I sighed and laid ood, but you aren't bad either You're simply both"

"That I ahed "His blood still calls When you return to them, you'll have to ave you his essence"

"Will he die because of it?"

Sariel closed his eyes; a blue tear slid down his cheek, hitting s"

"But…" I frowned "I thought balance was restored"

"Yours… Ethan's" Sariel rubbed my hand "But Cassius is still very much unbalanced That's what love does to a Dark One It is also why it is forbidden"

My eyes welled with tears "He loves Stephanie… in that way?"

"He stayed away fro time… pushed her so far out of his mind, out of his consciousness, that he si her When a feestion in his mind, made hih to face his past in hopes he could finally start living"

"Instead, he got worse" I sighed

"Because every day her smile reminds him of what he can never have"

"There's always a way," I argued

Sariel let out a laugh "And this is why I like humans, always optimistic"

"What other choice do we have?"

His eyes met mine "Exactly"

Ethan

Not how I expected to start my day or end it

Cassius was in the room next door to mine

Genesis still hadn't woken up, but her breathing had evened out Her heartbeat sounded less erratic I had faith she was just healing — taking her time

"Have you tried kissing her?" Mason said from the doorway

"What?"

"Kissing her" Mason walked into the room, his arms folded, eyes tense "In those movies, the prince always kisses the princess"

"What the hell are you talking about?" I growled "What movies?"

"Like the King Lionelse to do, so I went out and bought the my mind orry so I watched a few… or maybe… seven… and the prince always kisses the princess"

I fought hard for patience asto take a bite out of his silly neck "You watched cartoons All day?"