Penny's Protector (Icehome, #9)

by Ruby Dixon

“You are both fools for not keeping an eye on the most precious thing on this beach,” he tells them. “I will take care of her. S’bren will not let her come to harm.”

S’bren shakes his head. “It is already too late, P’nee. I lost my heart to you long ago.”

I cannot live hoping that bad things do not happen. I must take each day and embrace it.