“You’re risking everything, Kara.” I scoff, but it’s a rickety sound. Whatever is building with Maximus is becoming so much stronger than the fear my grandfather’s warnings should elicit. How can I explain that Maximus is everything I never knew I wanted? How he doesn’t look at me the way everyone else does? How I feel every time he does? How I might never, ever grow tired of it? “Maybe I’m willing to sacrifice a life of lies to live a moment of truth.”
