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Shadow moved quietly at my side, the silver in her Husky coloring catching the moonlight as she raised her head to sniff the air. “Don’t go
I would never love someone the way I’d loved Wren—the way I still loved her.
I’d been half in love with Holt Hartley since I could walk. But it took some time for him to come around to the idea. He’d said that he’d always loved me but that the love just looked different at each point in our lives. I’d thought that would continue forever, never realizing he could simply walk away.
There was no chance I could find my way to friendship with Holt. Because he still set my blood on fire.
“Look at me, Cricket. See me. I’ve thought about you every damn day. Wanted you with every breath. Nothing will change that. Ever.
Promises she worried I’d never be able to keep. Maybe she wasn’t ready to hear them out loud, but I’d give them to her silently. Inaudible prayers lifted into the air. And I’d give her actions—the strongest words of all.
He grabbed the shampoo from the shelf in the wall and set to work on my hair. His tenderness made my eyes sting, the way he massaged my scalp and made sure every strand was thoroughly washed.
You’re in me. In my marrow.”
love you. I never stopped loving you. Not for a single breath.”
“Love you, Wren. Every moment of every day.”
“But then he said that it was nothing like the miracle of watching you sleep now. He loves you, Wren. He’ll always come back to you.”