For She Is Wrath

by Emily Varga

The problem when someone you loved betrayed you was that you had a lifetime of good memories with them that you had to examine in a different light. What was once a safe place to be—beside him, engulfed in his arms, inhaling the smell of rainstorms and pine—was actually the most dangerous place of all.

You may have given him forgiveness, but that doesn’t mean you owe him kindness.”