Alaric’s POV:

I had never been this confused about anything in my life. I always got it right, I always knew what to do, what to say, what to think.

But this?

It broke me so much that I couldn’t do anything but listen to her express her pain. All I could do was wonder if there was a way I could fix this. Hell—if there was a way to turn back the hands of the clock, I fucking would.

But what Meadow wanted me to say… what she wanted me to admit.

Fuck. I cared about this woman more ...