“He and I…we share a bond. Not love, exactly. It goes beyond that. He is mine as surely as sun follows moon across the sky. Mine before ever I knew he existed. Mine until death and beyond.”
“I stood Sentinel of Cadogan House, by God. He was mine, and he knew it, and I would claim what was mine.”
“You are mine,” he rasped. “Only ever mine. I accept all that you are, and we can be together.”
“For tonight, until the sun came up and the suitcases were packed, he was mine.”
“Mine. He was mine, and not even death would take him from me—not if I could help it.”
“But the man I met--he is the love I had wanted to reach long before I knew that he existed, and I think he will remain beyond my reach, but that I love him will be enough to keep me living.”