FINNIAN

How could I not see this coming?

No… that wasn’t true. I saw it. I felt it. I just… I refused to believe it. I had told myself she loved me. That her heart, no matter the storms, no matter Rowan, she would always find her way back to me. I had waited, every day, every night, believing… hoping… that one day, she would finally be mine.

But I was a fool. A blind, stupid fool.

I should have acted sooner. Confronted Rowan. Claimed her. I knew him too well. Rowan was ruthless. ...