I’d felt a pull toward her I’d never experienced before. There was something damaged within her, something beyond repair. It practically oozed from her as our gazes met for the first time in Estrid’s office. I wanted to pull her into my embrace then and promise to protect her from the world, but the most intriguing part of her was that I could tell without a doubt that she didn’t want someone else to protect her. No, she was a fighter.
