I can't save you like that Ty. What you did to me wasn't this brilliant thing, like you think it was. You took me away from everything - my parents, my friends, my life. You took me to the sand and the heat, the dirt and isolation. And you expected me to love you. And that's the hardest bit. Because I did, or at least, I loved something out there. But I hated you too. I can't forget that.

This be OK?' I asked, innocently. 'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes. Actually, don't answer that one.

You're right, he's a killer," you said. "A rooster with some serious issues.

Those blue, blue eyes, icy blue, looking back at me as if I could warm them up. They’re pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful, too.

People love what they're used to, I guess." "No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they can save it.

It was like I’d stepped out into an afterlife. Only there were no angels.

There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die. - Ty from Stolen