**Marcel**
When my brother kicked me out, I was furious. There was no telling how long he would keep me away from her. I was sure he did it because she came clean to him and told him everything. Maia wasn't the one to keep things bottled up inside. If I had a chance to take it back, I wouldn't. That moment we shared in the woods was everything I hoped it would be. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't shake that girl from my mind, not that I was trying to.
There was a cottage nearby our packhouse that was staying in. If this was the closest I could be to her right now, then I would just have to take it. Sleeping that night was almost impossible. Somehow, I managed to get a fe
