Label or not, they were mine and I was theirs. I loved them. The intensity of it burned within me and it fed my soul. Even Sloane. Oh, Sloane. My feelings for him weren't as strong as the others, but there was something there. I missed him, his scowly face, and his gruff, cocky attitude. He was a mystery to me and I was determined to find out who he was deep down once the layers of his self-defense armor were peeled back. Someone had hurt him and he'd done what he needed to do to protect himself, his heart.
