I hope,” he replies softly, “to get to know you again. If you are open to it. There is a fog around you that I would like to clear away.

It hurts every day, the absence of someone who was once there.

You threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."Your entire life-your beliefs...Why would you do that for me?" June has never looked more beautiful than she does now,unadorned and honest,vulnerable yet invincible.When lightning streaks over the sky,her dark eyes shine like gold."Because you were right,"she whispers."About all of it.

Tomorrow, I will take on all of these things. I will be unstoppable.

I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them.

Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.

I'm so tired. I don't know if I can ever outrun how I used to be.