What part of your duty am I?"

He squeezed her hand. "You're the ray of sun at the center of the storm.

“I do believe you would have cut the rope.”

“You see, I'm not some shiny bauble to be strung onto a necklace and displayed f…”

“Men wouldn't ask any such thing. They'd already know what caught my eye. He whi…”

“It would have been easy to shut her eyes and let him kiss her. To have the choi…”