I know it's not fair to ask you to be with me when we can't even sleep in the same bed, but I'll love you better than anyone else could. I'll take care of you and make you happy. I know I can.

The thing about nightmares was that you couldn't prepare for them. They sneaked up on you when you were most vulnerable.

I want love and I won't settle for less

Contentment and happiness didn't exist in my life for more than a few moments at a time, and they were really only illusionary. There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything.

From the moment I first saw him— saw through his stunning and impossibly gorgeous exterior to the dark and dangerous man inside— I’d felt the pull that came from finding the other half of myself. I needed him like I needed my heart to beat, and he’d put himself in great jeopardy, risking everything— for me.

…was designed to protect his heart, to bind me and bribe me to stay with him no matter what. He was giving everything he had.

There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything.