Talia wasn’t the kind of woman who sat around waiting to be crushed. Just because she didn’t want to fight for the inheritance didn’t mean she’d let people bully her and set her up.

No matter what choice she made, the road ahead was going to be nothing but thorns—danger at every turn, obstacles everywhere.

“Everyone has their own path,” Sean said. “What we can do is reach out when she needs help.”

His words dragged me back to that old, ...