“I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl.”

“-"Leslie? What are you doing?"-"Choosing. I'm mine. Not anyone else's."-"I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl.”

“Leslie?" Irial whispered. "What are you doing?""Choosing."Tears were soaking the blanket under Leslie's face."I'm mine. Not anyone else's.""I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl." And then he was gone, and her emotions crashed over her.”

“She might not be bound to him, but she was still his Shadow Girl.”

“Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear, no ugliness.”

“I did survive. I still am. And it won't happen again.”

“Seth: "You're what matters"Ash: "Hold me? If you still want to, I mean."Seth: "Every day, I want to hold you every day. Nothing will ever change that.”