Chapter 27
My dark Sweeney,
Some nights I lie awake thinking about what you said, that you want to pull me out of this world, take me somewhere the shadows can't reach. But I am the shadow now.
Every night I spend in these places, every secret I uncover, every truth I dig up…it all becomes part of me. The darkness isn't something I'm fighting anymore.
Very much like you, it's something I am. You taught me that.
Even before we met, I didn't know that the horrors I was investigating led back to the fire that killed the Swanleys. By the time I discovered the connection, I was already in love with you.
Nothing else in my life feels as real as our stolen moments. When you look at me, you see something worth saving. I wish I could see her too. But she's disappearing, slowly, piece by piece…