"Mia cara, mia famma, la mia Stella scarlatto," he murmured into my neck. My darling, my flame, my scarlet star. "I have... anelare, anelare... how do you say?"
"Yearned."
"Sì. Yearned. I have yearned for you. Sono de-bole. Sono debole. Sono cosi, così debole." I am weak, he said, I am so, so weak.