A few days passed, and Soren had regained his strength. While I was pleased with his healing process, more and more, I found I couldn’t be as carefree around him as before.

More and more, I had to remind myself to plaster a smile across my lips.

Things were different now. I felt different.

I felt as if the emotions I was going through were almost robotic, and even though I wanted to believe Soren with all my heart, I just couldn’t.

Ethan lied to me… but so did Soren.

I questioned myself ...