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Yeah

“Your turn,” I whispered.

Ican’t find the match to make it burn.

But it’s not a lesson I will learn.

They came for you.

But they came for me first.

If they make me bleed.

I’ll make them hurt

And I won’t fall apart,

broken things don’t mend.

Won’t fall apart

to hear your voice again

singing

I allowed him to drift into wherever he needed to go to survive this moment as I picked up the chorus.

Where I go, no one will find me.

And where I go, I’ll keep you behind me.

I’ve got you tied down in the dark.

Yeah

like a fucking bruise to my fucking heart

Yeah

And even when it all falls apart

Yeah

I’ll keep you

in the middle of me

“I never found anyone to do that,” Blade took a breath. “I’d give anything to have what you do with Threx. Anything.”

“Don’t give up, Christopher,” I encouraged, knowing that love might never come for him. It was too hard to hold on to with a gun in your hands. Everyone knew it. Even me. Even Wolfe.

“Can I ask you a question?” he asked, the sleep in his throat pulling him under. “What is the difference?”

“Between what?”

“Giving up and accepting your fate?” he mumbled.

Goddammit Blade.