Not for a minute did I believe that this wasn't goodbye. Still, I had loved and been loved in return, and there was nothing greater than that. It far outweighed the alienation of all the previous years. Bones thought five months was too short; I was amazed I'd been granted joy for so long. I love you, he moaned, or maybe I said it. I couldn't tell the difference anymore. The lines had dissolved between us.
Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780575098169