DIMITRI POV
"You like it?"
Lily nodded. "I love it. It's beautiful."
"So are you." I said softly. She blushed from the unexpected compliment.
"What's gotten into you?" She mumbled.
Wrapping my arms around her from behind, I laid my chin on shoulder. "Can I be honest with you?"
"Please."
Here goes nothing.
"Ever since my parents died, I've been making mistake after mistake. I was cold, angry. Heartless. I was running the pack, but not as well as I could have been. My people didn't trust me; they feared me. I pushed everyone away, closed myself off from the world. And then out of nowhere, a girl with red hair and startling green eyes entered my life, and started to make me feel again."
Lilys chest moved up and down rapidly as I talked. Slowly, I turned her in my arms, resting my han
