C20 TWENTY

Reason and Love

DEREK

"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.

—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

THE CANDLES FLICKERED in our temporary room, setting the mood for what I had in mind as I waited for Rose to return.

She feared her powers and she feared hurting me, I understood that. But it was time to move past fear and take a few risks