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21 " He needed her. He needed her now. "
― , A Certain Magic
22 " God, the light had gone out. He was in darkness. "
23 " She longed for it and dreaded it. "
24 " Doubtless it will be a relief to be free of me and my troubles. "
25 " He could no longer prolong the sweet agony. "
26 " He sat on the edge of the bed, his aching head in his hands for a few moments. "Deuce take it, I wish I were dead. "
27 " This was all she would ever have of him, and she was going to enjoy these few days for all they were worth. She would enjoy them in the strict privacy of her heart, without either Piers or anyone else being at all aware of her reason for doing so. "
28 " She did not have the willpower to send him through that door, knowing that he might never come through it again, or through any of the doors into her life. "
29 " Soon she would know him only in memory. Soon she would lose him. "
30 " Allie. The woman he had loved in different ways for fourteen years. But always deeply. Always more deeply than he had loved anyone or anything else, including himself. Especially himself. Indeed, he was very close to hating himself at that moment. "