She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.
Richelle MeadHe tilted his head to the side, still watching me in that same, disconcerting way. โSome things are true, drunk or sober. You should know that. You deal in facts all the time.โ โYeah, but this isnโtโโ I couldnโt argue with him looking at me like that. โI have to go. Waitโฆ you didnโt take the cross.โ I held it out to him. He shook his head. โKeep it. I think Iโve got something else to help center my life.
Richelle MeadI decided then that if the two people I loved most were safe, I could leave this world. The dead could finally have me. And Iสนd fulfilled my purpose, right? To protect? Iสนd done it. Iสนd saved Lissa, just like Iสนd sworn Iสนd always do. I was dying in battle. No appointment books for me.
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