One thing Valek did know how to do – sew. The other assassins hadn’t called him the King Knitter for nothing.

Should haves lead to death.

Ixia wasn’t perfect, but there were benefits to living there. For me, Valek was one.

The man must be torturing me on purpose. I had made him wait over two months. Perhaps he was returning the favor.

Every person has the latent ability to read minds and influence the physical world without touching it, but they don’t have the ability to connect with the power source.

It’s a good thing you can’t read my mind, love.

Ari said you screamed and raved a lot while he took care of you. In fact, he said that if Reyad was alive today, he’d gut the bastard without a moment’s hesitation. I just thought you might want to know.” Janco gave me a brotherly kiss on the forehead and left.

You certainly are real. A real pain in the ass, but that’s who I fell in love with.

I doubt I would ever be missed. Noted absent, charged delinquent, reprimanded but never missed.

Love trumps logic. And when it comes to you, love, I can be extremely irrational.