Surrender — Leslie Sansom

Watching the officers take Norah away was very unsettling. I had the utmost faith that she would do everything in her power to protect me. That was the unsettling part. Norah would sacrifice herself in order to save me. I didn't want it that way. I didn't want her involved in this mess at all. I tried to keep her out of these kinds of things. I have tried to keep her in the dark about who I really am. Despite my best efforts she still knows me better than I know myself. She has been my hope, when all hope was lost. She has been my daydream, when I had were nightmares. She is my happiness, when all I have is sadness. She sees the best in me when all I see is the worst. The only time I get scared is when she is scared too. Looking down on Norah while she is unsure, sad and stuck in a hole, the only thing I can do is jump in the hole with her. It only takes a small glimmer of light to take away the darkness.