" If I keep you here, you will die in four days as you said, with all the rest. I would take my life in that moment to be at your side in the ever-after. If I release you now, he will execute me rightfully for my treason. Run for the horizon, and you may yet live for a time before he hunts you down. Either way…my life is forfeit. It has always belonged to you. My heart is yours. "

― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , Queen of All (The Masks of Under #6)