UNBREAKABLE BOND
Williams' grip on her hands tightened, and she could see in his eyes that he understood, that he forgave everything, that none of it mattered anymore except this moment.
"You are the strongest person I know," Elodie continued, her voice growing stronger. "You've endured pain that would have destroyed most people, and yet you came through it with your capacity to love intact. You came back to me. You fought for us when it would have been so much easier to walk away. And that, Williams—that determination, that loyalty, that pure, beautiful heart of yours—that's what I fell in love with."