" I loved Annora. Deeply. Madly. I doubt I would have put up with her all those years if I hadn’t. When I saw her again on the submarine, as a human… and she kissed me the way I’d wished she would for the longest time, I was afraid. Afraid that all those feelings would return.” He slid his hand beneath my chin, tilting my head up to look directly into his eyes. “But they didn’t, Rose. I wondered at first whether it was just the shock of seeing her and the rush of feelings would come later. But they still haven’t and now I doubt if they will ever return. She’s… "

― Bella Forrest , A Shade of Doubt (A Shade of Vampire, #12)