Rose
I thought I knew what it was to be lonely. Before Matthias, ALONE was the only existence I knew. Get close to no one, trust no one, keep to myself. It wasn’t exactly a happy life, but it was all I knew, and I had nothing to compare it to… so I didn’t really know what I was missing. I only had the vaguest idea that there was something else out there from books and movies… and everyone knows that they aren’t really REAL. But now I had tasted love, tasted friendship, tasted companionship and intimacy. Now I knew what I was missing, and it hurt. I hurt, like I had never hurt before.
The people in White Horse were very kind and friendly, but I kept everyone at a distance. I wasn’t going to risk making friends with any one, not now. Whatever moron said “It is better to have love
