The sudden strength and insistence in Marius's voice surprised even himself, and yet he knew that he had always been determined to pull her out of the death-match no matter the cost. He pushed himself up, so that he rested on his knees and could meet Joly's eye.
He knew that Joly was a dead man. That Courfeyrac and he, and even the child that Courfeyrac had led into their camp, would likewise have to die. But his voice was alarmingly steady, and his gaze never wavered once, when he declared,
"I would become a murderer for her. I would die a thousand deaths for her."
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The sudden strength and insistence in Marius's voice surprised even himself, and yet he knew that he had always been determined to pull her out of the death-match no matter the cost. He pushed himself up, so that he rested on his knees and could meet Joly's eye.
He knew that Joly was a dead man. That Courfeyrac and he, and even the child that Courfeyrac had led into their camp, would likewise have to die. But his voice was alarmingly steady, and his gaze never wavered once, when he declared,
"I would become a murderer for her. I would die a thousand deaths for her."