"And for us that means we cannot be together" he said. Stevie Rae felt sick and sad. She shook her head. "No, Rephaim. It only means that if you let it." "Look at me!" he cried. "I'm not the boy in the reflection. I'm a beast. I don't belong with you." "That's not what your heart says!" she shouted back at him. His soulders slumped, and he looked away from her. "But, Stevie Rae, my heart has never mattered" She stepped close to him. Automatically, he faced her. Their gazes met, and with a terrible despair she saw that the scarlet was, once again, blazing in his eyes. "Well, when you decide your heart matters as much to you as it does to me, come find me again. It should be easy. Just follow your heart." Without any hesitation, she put her arms around him and held him tightly. Stevie Rae ignored the fact that he didn't return her embrace. Instead, she whispered, "I'll miss you", before she left him. As she started walking down Glicrease Road, the night wind brought to her Rephaim's whispered, I'll miss you too ... /"Burned" (A House of Night Novel) P.C and Kristin Cast/