Plus, at some point Thomas leaves the island.  Certainly he will have been changed by the experience.  He might even become a KotC. 

 

I can totally see Jim creating a creature deathly allergic to love, take up the sword of love. It just seems like the thing Butcher would want to do, or have it planned out. Sword of Faith, wielded by a Jewish Knight of the Cross, the Sword of Hope, wielded by an Atheist Knight of the Cross, and finally the Sword of Love being wielded by a White Court Knight of the Cross; He does this, despite the risk of death to himself, all in the name of the love he has for Justine? Especially now that she has been taken by Nemesis. We already know that a vampire of the Red Court (Ok, yes, half-turned), when focused on what she truly loves, can take up the sword and wield it, in the name of love. I can totally see Thomas doing the same for Justine, or using the sword to help keep his inner demon in check. Not to mention the fact that he is technically related to "Royalty". His father WAS the White King, and I am sure he comes from a long line of WC Royalty (although that last bit I have no source reference on). With the swords being wielded by the descendants of Royalty, and do to the current circumstances of him fighting his demon so he can Love again, I think he is a shoe in.

Hmmm. Ok. Going to keep refreshing my preorder.

Edit: So it's 11:15 pm here. I'm in central US. Not yet. The fact that it passed 12:00AM on the east coast, this make  me think they will wait for the entire country to have access to it. Meaning...2am is possibility. I'm still holding on to hope that it will release in 40 minutes, but meh. I've been waiting for these two books for 5 years. I can wait another couple of hours.
Edit 2: Looks like we are going with Pacific Standard time for release. Oh well. Just 2 more hours.

Edit 3: 2:03 am. Still do not have access from audible. Going to wait around another 10 minutes, to see if anything chances. Then it's bed time