Zane’s POV To say that I am shocked is an understatement. Ziana has pushed us away and I understand why, but I am glad that she has finally opened up. I know that she hasn’t told me everything, but this is a good start. Her confession has both opened and closed the wound of losing my mom and aunt Rose, but now I know what happened to them. I knew that they would have loved her, but actually knowing that they did, and helped her in such a wonderful way, has my heart breaking and healing at the same time. It didn’t escape my notice that she said Franklin was going to carve out her eye if she didn’t kill them. I made the connection to the scar on her face, the one that starts at her hairline, then through her eyebrow and around her eye. It is delicate, but sharp and surprises me that it

