Falling Embers (Tattered & Torn, #2)

by Catherine Cowles

“There’s no shame in fear. It’s how you tackle it that counts.”

Calder stirred, his eyes opening. “Little Daredevil.” “Hi.” “Hi.” His gaze bored into me as if he could see every scar and still-bleeding wound. “I’m sorry.” “For what?” “Hurting you. You’re the last person I’d ever want to hurt.” He was quiet for a moment, his eyes falling closed. “You were my air.”

Never feel more alive than when I’m with you. 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.”