I think I could have loved you.

...and the sorrow sent her spiraling back into sickness.

Why am I terrified?

The expression just set me on edge. He had the look of an injured wild animal. I imagined a hungry lion limping in front of me with a bloody paw. No matter how much the beast stumbled or bled, one would have to always remember that the creature could tear the average human body in half.

Come here. I told you to go to sleep and you wouldn’t go, so now you’ll have to take care of me.