After several long beats, he said, “Will you ever forgive me?” She blinked away the rainwater collecting on her lashes. “Forgive you for what?” “For taking you from Briar Hollow. For forcing you to come with me.” His Adam’s apple bobbed. “I am sorry. I should have told you everything from the start. But I—I was scared.” He was scared? Thane Athayel? The Warrior King… “I wouldn’t have listened. And I have already forgiven you.”
