Sometimes the only way to know how far you'd come was to return to where you once had been.

My twin's not broken. He's ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix him. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury him.

I'm in love," he said hoarsely. "With someone else. That's why." Qhuinn (Lover Unleashed)

She was staying. A little longer. V smiled to himself. So this was what winning the lottery felt like.

Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to, but he holds back. I hope...I believe it is because he wishes to mate me properly first, in ceremony." Payne felt the awful weight of premonition. "Beware, sister. You are a gentle soul." Layla got to her feet, her smile now saddened. "Yes, I am. But I would rather my heart be broken than unopened and I know that one must ask if one is to receive.

I love you. And I'm going to keep loving you even after you don't know I exist.

Because I was, and I remain, utterly and completely and totally…in love with you.