"Hell would have to freeze over before I stopped." He buried his face in her hair, nearly sick by the smell of the cabin that clung to her. It took everything in him not to shudder, to keep the tears that wanted to run freely down his face from doing just that, and to just hold onto her. He rocked her gently through her sobs, holding her as tightly as he dared while whispering anything he could think of to calm her down. He eventually landed on  I’m sorry, love  and  I shouldn’t have taken this long to find you , though it seemed this only made her cry harder. 