"I saved you," Lexi said, almost as much to reassure herself, to say that at least one thing had been right about that night, about all the blood and death and betrayal. She pulled Adia down into her lap to better wrap her arms around the other woman, pressing her face into her neck, rocking them slowly. "I promise, my lover, my own queen, I saved you. You didn't burn. I wouldn't have let him burn you."