Chapter 219: My life begins and ends with you.

Augustine took a slow drink. "I used to think she wouldn’t be able to handle all of me, that she’d run if she ever saw what my life truly is."

He paused, eyes hardening with certainty. "But tonight, I saw the truth in her eyes. She was ready to die beside me." He looked directly at Lucien. "So no... she won’t leave. She is stronger than I ever imagined."