" We look for ways to help each other,’ Myra goes on.
Reeve sits back in his seat. ‘Ways to help each other what?’
‘Escape,’ I answer. ‘Become something other than a possession to be traded to the highest bidder in marriage.’
Reeve blinks. ‘You would run from everything you know?’
‘As far and as fast as I can,’ I confirm. "
― A.L. Tait , The Fire Star (A Maven & Reeve Mystery, #1)