Rule (Marked Men, #1)

by Jay Crownover

“You’re beautiful.” I had said it to many others before her, but I think this was the first time I meant it.

“I don’t know. All I know is other girls aren’t you and that isn’t cutting it for me. I think we need to figure out what’s going on between us.”

“Here’s my heart, Shaw. You have it in your hands, and I promise you’re the first and last person to ever touch it. You need to be careful with it because it’s far more fragile than I ever thought, and if you try to give it back I’m not taking it. I don’t know enough about love to know for sure that’s what this is between us, but I know that for me it’s you and only you from here on out. I can only promise to be careful and not push you away again. Life without you in it is doable, but if I have a choice I want to do it with you by my side, and I’m telling you I’m not running away from the work it takes to make that happen. Shaw, I’m not scared of us anymore.”