nightingale

dipping her head again and fighting not to cry.
"If it helps you at all, I love you, too," Paul said. "You're . . . very precious to me. Sometimes when I come here it is only to see you. I can't talk to other people as I can with you. I certainly can't to anyone outside this group and of all the ones in it, the only other one that had your clarity of mind and ability to listen and make useful comments was Amber. And in the end, I had to make her safe."
"I won't force you to do the same to me," Megan said. "At least, I hope I never do."
"Do you know why the caged nightingale won't sing?" Paul asked.
"You said that before,"