`` i was trying to guard you from it . i do n't know why this thrills me . she bit down on her lip as she extended her hand to him . where she was once skin and bones , with the food he 'd gotten her to eat , she 'd filled out her figure . they looked as if they were dangerously close to knocking off for the day , but she still had work to do . i will know rather my life with him begins , or it ends . 