It's like boiling a frog

“That’s why it was so impossible to tell him goodbye — because I was in love wit…”

“Bears," I muttered, adding a new fear to the pile. "That would be just her luck…”

“Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full …”

“He didn't ask what I was thinking, which was out of character for him. I guesse…”