" There’s danger in feeling,” Tess murmured. Although she could not begin to imagine what kind of pain Dante carried within him, she felt a kinship growing between them. Both alone, both adrift in their worlds. “I don’t want to feel anything for you, Dante.”

“God, Tess. I don’t want to feel anything for you either. "

― Lara Adrian , Kiss of Crimson (Midnight Breed, #2)