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Something that looked almost like grief.
"I loved her more than I have ever loved anything," he said. "Head over heels, completely, the way you read about in books and laugh at because you think it will never happen to you. And it got her killed." He let the words sit for a moment. "Not because I was careless. Not because I made a mistake. Because the people who wanted to hurt me knew that she was the way to do it. They knew that if they touched her, I would break. And they were right." He exhaled slowly. "That is the price of love in this life, son. It hands your enemies a weapon they will not hesitate to use."
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