Chapter 7
Clouds loomed on the horizon, flashes of light illuminating them as the storm raged miles away, mirroring the very one Io felt brewing inside. He’d escaped Blackstone as quickly as possible, throwing on the first articles of clothing he came across, not caring if they were clean or dirty or matched, he just wanted to be free. One question kept bouncing around in his mind like a song lyric he couldn’t shake. Why had his happiness lasted such a short time?
For so long he admired Cinder from a distance, afraid to make a move, not only because of Ran’imy and her vicious attitude, but because of the pain a broken heart bestowed upon its owner. He decided it was better to secretly love Cinder from afar than to find Cinder’s feelings weren’t the same. Io figured at that point he would
