Heartless Hero (Crowne Point #1)

by Mary Catherine Gebhard

I make jewelry, and someday dream to study the art in college. I only ever use found items, because there’s magic in revealing the beauty of what people discarded.

Some people were obvious about their strings, but everyone has them. If you love someone, it’s only a matter of time until they take it away.

You see my darkness, and you fill it with light.”

Theo always poked the sorest parts of my soul. The parts of me I didn’t want to acknowledge. My mother didn’t love me, or, worse, no one can love me. He made me look at those parts and question why the wound existed and who had put it there. It was cruel and horrible, but the thing is, if you didn’t acknowledge a wound, you can’t heal. It sits there and gets infected. It grows and it takes over. A wound on your soul changes who you are. If you didn’t love yourself first, you can’t love anyone.

Love is fear.