Chapter Four: Complete History of Me"I don't want to leave you," she tells Elias a week before she is set to meet her future mate. Life with him is familiar and comforting. She like the routine, likes that he comes to visit her every chance he gets and that he always brings a gift for her. She tells herself they're courting gifts even though she knows it's not. Their relationship isn't allowed, not just because he's helped raise her and that he's so much older than her.
He's gotten her a necklace for today's visit, a beautiful silver strand with a diamond pendant. She puts it on straight away.
He tells her that his gifts are just things to keep her occupied. He gives her books and jewelry, occasional electronics and new drawing materials to keep her hands busy, but he also gives her atte
