“I love to chase my shadow to feel how it rests in the dark.”

“No matter how dark the night, somehow the sun rises once again and all shadows are chased away”

“You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other.”

“How can I possibly describe what I feel for you, Brennus?” I ask, shaking my head and feeling the painful ache inside of me. “This isn’t like the love I have felt before. Whatever it is, it’s painful. If this is love, then I love you the way creatures like us ought to be loved – secretly and unwillingly, within the dark shadow between my heart and soul.”

“I don't feel alone with you. I feel like I have a family and a home again. You're my home. All of the dark shadows seem to disappear when we're together.”

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”