I could be compassionate, if I wanted. Metias would be merciful. But I was never as good a person as my brother.

I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.

Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.

What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal.

He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. I can see the pain slashed across his face, and the sight tears at me. The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.

You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me." I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools.

He has tears in his eyes now. The sight is more than I can bear. He takes two steps away from me and then turns back like a caged animal. “Do you even love me?” he suddenly asks. He grips both of my shoulders. “I’ve said it to you before, and I still mean it. But I’ve never heard it from you.