Juniper Unraveling (Juniper Unraveling #1)

by Keri Lake

“Indifference to death isn’t going to help you here. Learn to be indifferent to pain, and you’ll become invincible. Defiant.”

Maybe that’s just the nature of us. I hurt him by inviting him to hurt me. The world might call us sick. Perhaps even made for each other.

But there is no monster more terrifying than the human being who lacks compassion.

understand? Go where you’ll be safe.” “Safety is an illusion, remember?” “Yes, you’re right. But survival is reality.”

I’ve also come to realize that pain doesn’t strike at once, as one might think. It’s organic. From the moment you fall in love with someone, your pain begins. You just don’t feel it yet, but it’s there. The silence beneath your laughter. The shadows behind an embrace. Tranquility before the storm. The deeper you fall in love, pain follows like a ghost, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Could take an entire lifetime, or just a couple of short months. Pain has no concept of time, and when it arrives, you’re never ready for it. But it’s always been there, hiding behind a mask of denial, deceiving you into thinking there’s such a thing as eternal happiness.

Falling in love means you have to be brave enough to accept the pain when it comes to stake its claim. Whether it’s the love of a father, or the love of your life, pain is inevitable.