Something had shifted inside him. Maybe it had been shifting for a while. But this woman had him. Completely. Forget the suspicions, fears, and consequences. He might not understand everything about her, but in this moment, it didn’t matter. She had given him comfort when he didn’t deserve it. She had given him beauty in every smile, when all he’d seen for too long was horror. She had trusted him with her darkest memories when he was drowning in his own.
