Try to imagine where we'd be without you, darlin', and then maybe you'll see just how lucky we got.

But inside or out, I was alone, and I was beginning to wonder if I always had been, if I always would be.

Maybe we had just gotten too used to being alone-- and maybe that needed to change.

He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

Thank you,” he was whispering, “thank you, thank you.…” And then he was kissing my face, every inch of it he could find, wiping away the tears and soot, chanting my name.

But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.

What good is strength if you have no sense?