ETHAN BlACKWOOD POV

My chest felt stuffy as I stared at her. God damn it, why did this always fucking happen?

I should have listened to that damn doctor when he told me to stop fooling myself and to just force her to want me, to love me... If I had taken what I wanted when I wanted, she wouldn't have thought about running away, at least, not when she was locked up inside and chained to the fucking bed!

But I didn't do that, Instead, I kept chasing a midsummer's night dream and waiting ...