[She buries herself in his arms, her frame slender and small compared to his.]

I wish life was that simple Connor. [Justine glances up, her dark eyes peeking through thick lashes as she shyly meets his gaze.]

It's always the people closest to us that have the power to hurt us the most and I don't think anyone an stop that.

[It means that if someone is going to hurt her, there is a good chance that it'd be Connor who does it. The last person who Justine let into her life is going to kill her the moment she finds her way back through that mirror. That's how her life has always been.]