Suddenly Forbidden (Gray Springs University, #1)

by Ella Fields

“Yep. One day, after we get done with college and I take over this farm, you’ll be my wife.”

Looking back, I realized that was the first time Quinn Burnell stole a huge chunk of my heart.

“I’m not scared. You and me … like the moon and the stars, we’re permanent.”

“Gotten stronger every fucking day, month, and year. To the point where you’ve become a permanent part of me, and I don’t know if I could ever exist without you.”

“You’re everything good in this world. You glow so brightly, I never stood a chance.”

We more than meant a lot to each other. We were the breeze that ruffled the dandelions. The sun that scorched our skin red until we searched for reprieve under our favorite willow tree. And underneath the stretch of dark skies, we were each other’s stars.

Maybe you didn’t always need to try to capture beauty. Sometimes, you simply needed to experience it, let it seep into you and fill your soul with color instead.

“Does your offer still stand?” “It was never an offer. It was a statement. A feeling I had in my gut.”

“Because without the stars, the moon is left alone to battle the dark.”

Because even with all the ammunition fired at our hearts, we’d found our way back to each other.