I had thought I’d fallen in love with Vic long ago. It was slow at first, when I watched her with her friends or snuck out to see her whenever she had a spare moment from my brother. Then one day it fell all together, and I couldn’t stop the feelings of warmth in my chest when I looked at her. I thought that had been love. Laughable. It was clear to me now that in this moment, holding her enemy still at her feet—ready for her to claim their worthless life and begin the road toward reclaiming everything my family had taken from her, I fell more deeply for her than I could’ve ever imagined.
