"He will give you death, and you will love him for it," is what Cassie said to me last night on the drive home.

And I knew, with my head out the window, that she was right.

The wind entangled my hair the way Jace entangled my heart.

Eyes closed, cheeks numbing, I knew every spoiled gift he gave me would resemble jewels in my eyes.

I knew the flowers he would shower me with, dead and crumbling, would smell like life to me.

I would see his hatred as love, his negligence as diligenc, his neglect as attention.

Rose-colored glasses would hide these lifeless eyes.

I would turn the little he gave me into the world, and I was prepared for how it would change me.

Or so I thought.