I’m in love with him, she realised with a sickening lurch of the heart, but as the fear washed over her in waves, she reminded herself that he must love her to have done all of this, he must love her, he must…
And if he does love me, she thought fiercely, then it’s all right to love him, it can’t be dangerous, because he’ll stay with me, match my hunger, my passionate obsession, my fathomless capacity for love…