The seconds seemed to tick by in a blur. The longer that I stood there, with Matthews eyes taking in the scar and just accepting it, it felt like I was being dragged deeper and deeper into the dark void that housed my memories. I found myself taken back to the very memory that Matthew had unknowingly saved me from when he and Shane had found me in the woods. I half-heartedly resented him for my failed attempt at escaping, but deep down, I knew that it was my own fault. I should have known that my emotions were too fragile in those moments…
After all, it’s easier to lose yourself when you’re thinking of someone else.
—Flashback—
My feet carried me through the woods, my chest heaving—screaming—as I tried to put some distance between myself and the three wolves that had decided to fall pre
