I don't understand why Hope is so angry at me. I know I threw her mate out of the room, but I didn't want her to get hurt again. I lost my baby when she was a kid, and she returned to me as a teenager, broken. She might not have told us what she had to endure, but I knew. She had the same look Kailee had when I saw her for the first time. Whatever they did to my baby... I was going to make them pay.
I’ve watched her struggle, seen the scars left behind by Caelan, and noticed how she’s hardened herself to survive. She doesn’t know what it was like for me—losing her once. And when she finally returned, she wasn’t the same girl I used to know. She was a warrior now, tough and guarded, but still so fragile in ways she probably doesn’t even realize.
That’s why my instincts kicked in when I s
