Knotted (Trails of Sin, #1)

by Pam Godwin

“No matter what, we stay together. Miles, months, cities, years…” Her breath strangles. “We’re bigger than anything that tries to come between us.”

I’m still a virgin, because I love Conor Cassidy.

I’m not an artisan. Just a girl who misses her cowboy with every stitch and solder, every hour and mile, every inhale and exhale. I made this with all that I am for the one I’ll never stop loving. C

“I’m not broken,” she whispers. “You don’t need me to fix you. You need me to sit with you in the sadness.”

“I’ll give you a few seconds to be single.” He bends his knees, putting his face in mine. “But don’t get used to it.”

With a grin that bares my teeth, I do what I’ve done my entire life. I chase her.

Lips swollen and hair mussed, he gives me the full force of his eyes. “You’re the only woman I’ve ever kissed.”

It’s impossible to describe the bond we share. We’re too great for words. Too sacred. We’re a feeling that goes beyond starts and stops. We’re stronger than hellos and goodbyes and deeper than beginnings and ends.

“Against your cheek. I wanted you to feel my voice when I said, I love you. I belong to you. No matter the time or distance, I’m yours.”

I fell in love with him when we were kids, before I understood the language of love. Tonight, I fall harder than ever before. With every kiss, glance, smile, and evocative word, he doesn’t just stitch my heart back together. He welds it to his own.