As long as we’re together, that’s how we’ll be. No trembling. No faltering. We’re unstoppable.

So,” I said at last, staring at my hands. “How’s, uh, your car?” “I left it out on the street. Figured it’ll be fine there while I’m gone.

There was a look of woe on his face that was almost comical. Raids, bullets, criminals...no problem. A missing duster? Crisis.

"She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause. My back was to him, but there was a strange quality to his voice that made me turn around. "What's that?" I asked. "That I do still love you." With that one sentence, everything in the universe changed.

Me? I didn’t believe in hopeless.

It was like having a genie. I'd only get so many wishes.

See? Things are already looking promising.