Chapter 90

• "I don't know. It's not that I want you to stay here with him, but I see how sincere he is, and that's going to hurt a hell of a lot more than just sticking with the story and regaining them all at once. Leon is an idiot, but he seems to love you deep down genuinely. I don't want to like him, and God knows I try hard not to, but something sad about him has made me warm to him, and I wonder if this is the best thing for you both. He's as lonely and lost as you were when I found you, maybe because he never got to escape the way you did. He's not emotionally smart even if he has a large IQ, yet he seems like he won't make the same mistakes twice. He seems like he would try and make it different this time. I don't think Ice Queen Sophia will deter him like she once did. I think your death did rock his world and changed everything for him."
• She listens quietly in Glenda's arms, absorbing her insightful words. While trusting Glenda's wisdom, she shakes her head, acknowledging her friend's efforts to maintain objectivity in their discussion. Glenda's fresh perspective, gained through spending time with Leon, prompts her to weigh her options with a new lens.
• "I don't want to go backward, and Leon belongs here in the city with POLO. I want to be on the island with you, and he will want me here with him, always with her hanging over us. It can't work. I made him despise me once; I can do it again, so he stops trying to win me over. Then it doesn't matter if I still love him... it'll be over once and for all."