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โIt was mainly hatred that had kept him going, of course, and the necessity of exacting revenge. But he had always been aware of her caught in the middle, so to speak. She had become, perhaps, his one hold on humanity, the one being who had kept him from being consumed by hatred. The destruction of innocence was a dreadful thing, and he had decided not to destroy it.โ
โ Mary Balogh, from Thief of Dreams
