It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.

Elizabeth nodded, looking too dejected to do much more. “Can she just go back to him?” she pleaded. “He’s dying. She’s dying. They can’t have a life together, but at least they could have this.”
No, Kahlen is Mine. We’ll fix her.
“With what?” Elizabeth demanded through tears. “There’s nothing left.”
“Please,” I said, letting all the dams burst, exposing every last drop of love I had for Akinli. “You’ve seen how I feel now. I’ve shared everything . . .

P.S. May, don’t these strawberry tarts just make you want to cry?

Something about being that close to him all the time made my bones feel weak.

I was stunned into silence, the way I always was when he touched the sky places of my heart.

I looked at his face, unsure of how many more of his smiles I'd have.