“Everything I felt for him was real,” I whispered. Paige’s face lit up with a warm smile. “Then what are you waiting around here for?” I hesitated. I felt like a baby bird standing at the edge of a precipice, trying to decide whether fear would hold me back or I would jump and try to fly. “Trust me, Violet. Reed would never hurt you. Just give him a chance, and I know he’ll prove that to you.”
