Kael's POV
“You’re so desperate to be wanted that you’ll settle for the first person who shows you basic kindness.”
Why did I say that?
The shock in Elara’s eyes, the devastation…In that moment, all the laughter and warmth in those pretty, green eyes vanished, like a flame going out. Instead, I was looking into a chasm carved from years of grief.
Suddenly, the woman I had spent weeks with disappeared, replaced by a broken person who looked at me with tired acceptance. Like I was no different from her other abusers.
I should have told her I didn’t mean it. I should have stopped her.
But she walked away, and I could smell the salt of her tears on the wind. Three days I’ve been sitting on this goddamn hill, staring down at Turnville like some pathetic fool. The bag of coins Elara thrust
