"That . . . maybe you shouldn't tell him," Duke mused. It seemed like the sort of thing that would feed into his whole 'I was not built to love' nonsense.

He hung onto her silently for a little while, resting his head on hers again.

"You know, where he's at now, it's not that different from where I was. When you first told me you loved me. That's why I get him."