“I resist the urge to stroke the freckles beneath her eyes. The one hundred fifty-three of them. And yes, I counted them.”

“What I am, however, is someone who’ll slaughter your demons one by one until you’re finally free of them. I’ll touch your scars until you normalize them and can live with them, because they’re what makes you who you are.”

“You want to kiss a monster?” “I never said I was normal.”