A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)

by Rebecca Ross

He disliked her a little less than he had yesterday. And that could only bring him trouble.

for sometimes love was like dust in the eyes, a hindrance when it came to seeing truth.

he remembered the moment when they had broken the surface and Adaira had laughed, Jack knew he would choose to do it again, and again, even if time permitted him to redo the past.

“I was glad to feel something stir within me after years of being cold and empty. I just never imagined I would find it in you.”

The feelings hung like stars above them, waiting for another moment to align,

“There is no failure in love,” she said and covered the furrows. The soil was rich; it swallowed a portion of her grief. “And I have loved without measure.”

I am but a verse inspired by your chorus, and I will follow you until the end, when the isle takes my bones and my name is nothing more than a remembrance on a headstone, next to yours.”