That was the way love was, invisible, there whether or not you wanted to see it or admit to it.

“I'd been bitten by a lion, but you had to look inside me to see the scar.”

“Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way p…”

“He backed off, the way he always does, but it won't happen a second time. If he…”

“I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth a…”