He couldn't believe he was vocalizing these things; moreover, he couldn't believe he was considering pledging monogamy to Adair like he was some lovestruck teenage boy giving her his class ring. He loved her more than he'd loved anyone since Ratka had died, and that had been an entirely different sort of love. But the thought of losing Adair made him want to walk into the sunlight himself.
"I understand," he said quietly, then came out with what had been on his mind. "So you have no designs on a... reconciliation, then?" he asked, almost hesitantly.