Falling Embers (Tattered & Torn, #2)

by Catherine Cowles

If something happened to Hadley, I’d never be the same. And I would’ve wasted precious time pushing her away.

“I love you, Hadley. That’s something you’ll never lose.”

“We have each other. Family. It’s not all by blood, but that doesn’t matter. We have the kind of people in our lives who will always show up, especially when the chips are down. So many people don’t get that.”

You’re like a fire that lives inside me. Even when I thought it was all burned out, there were still embers that lived in my bones. They’ll always be there, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.”

“Love is pain. One can’t exist without the other. The more you expand your heart, the more you have the possibility of being hurt. The deeper you let someone into that space, the more it will kill if anything ever happens to them. That’s life. I shut it off for years after the accident, but I don’t want to anymore. You will always be worth the risk to me.”