Knotted (Trails of Sin, #1)

by Pam Godwin

She loves this land as much as I do. She loves me. And this is our night.

She’s my past, my present, and my future. I’m everything when I’m with her and nothing without her.

Pissed off and worked up, with her eyes glaring and her arms swinging, she’s never been more insanely gorgeous.

She’s alive because I broke her heart, and she’s going to stay alive while I put it back together.

“The mind does a good job at protecting you from things you can’t handle. Sometimes, it’s too good. It represses memories and feelings, makes you believe you moved on. But those walls you’ve built to hold everything back? They’ll weaken. A hand on your wrist, a sip of alcohol, something will bring them down and let everything loose in one huge devastating flood.”

“You don’t need me to fix you. You need me to sit with you in the sadness.”

“You want the truth, Conor?” He steps forward, his eyes sharp as steel. “I love you.” Another step. “I always have.” He grabs my hips and yanks me to him. “I will never stop loving you. Doesn’t get more honest than that.”