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hate what they were talking about. “You know that they’re all
full of unrealistic happily ever afters and the main characters
always come out on top. They say things like, ‘You make my
heart smile and sing,’ and, ‘Before you, it was black as the
night, and you are the pure sunshine in my life.’”
A surprised laugh punched out of Coralyn. “God, you really
memorized a lot, didn’t you?”
“Maybe.” She got serious suddenly. “But I know that I
didn’t smile before you, and now I do. All the time. We all do.
We’re all learning how to get out of the night.”
Coralyn grasped the lapels of Giana’s wool coat. It wasn’t
possible to get any closer. They were already pressed tightly
together and angled into each other, but she needed that touch
to ground her again. “Yes, I want to be your wife. Yes, I want
to make it official that I belong to you, and you belong to me.
Yes, I want the world to know how much love and happiness
we bring each other.” She had to stop and blink away the tears
that were making her nose burn and itch. Crying in cold
weather had to be a real hazard. “You know, you came to my
apartment that morning without any makeup and your hair was
messy, and you weren’t flawless, and that’s how I knew
everything was different. Well, besides the night before that.
You looked different. I knew something had changed. You
looked
so determined, yet so much lighter.”
Giana’s eyes burned with utter sincerity. “I came to do battle
for you.”
“You weren’t composed, and that meant everything. There
were cracks in your armor and that perfect façade was gone.
You were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.”
