It's probably some sort of sick game, she thinks, the demon letting Marcus through just enough to get her all emotional. It isn't entirely unsuccessful in that, either, though she has no intention of admitting as much or giving into it. He wouldn't want that, and she's trying her absolute fucking best not to let the demon get any sort of foothold with her. She can handle this shit. She has to. The heavy lifting here doesn't fall on her shoulders, this won't all go to shit if she falls apart, but she's had enough of being pushed around and manipulated by fucking demons. She isn't going to give this one that sort of satisfaction.

That's just all a whole lot easier said than done with the way Marcus looks and sounds when he talks to her. "You always will," she says fervently, insistently. "You hear me? I'm not going anywhere, I'm not giving up, none of us are."