Fortunately for Dimitri, I had his back.

i will always love you." "no you won't. you'll move on. So will i.

You've asked me out tons of times." "Not really. I've made inappropriate suggestions and frequently pushed for nudity. But I've never asked you out on a real date.

Unbelievable," I said. "First you wanted to hide her away to keep you alive. Now you actually want her out in the world to use her compulsion for your own psycho plans.

There's a reason they say,"Pride goeth before a fall.

It occurred to me that I was standing face to face with the hero of a love story nearly as dramatic as my own.

I felt like someone had ripped my heart out and tossed it across the other side of the room. There was a burning, agonizing pain in my chest, and I had no idea how it could ever be filled. It was one thing to accept that I couldn't have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.