" I m sorry I yelled at you. Arrick lifts my chin back to him with soft fingers so that we re nose to nose as he ducks into my much shorter height and bridges the large gap as best he can. He frowns hard at me and studies my expression for a second, before that boyish face completely calms to that softer expression I know and love. His genuine calm. "
"Hints of a face that is so achingly familiar, and for a moment I forget why I am even crying, why I m mad at him. He sighs slowly as though to reel back and comes at me with a new tactic that is less devastating to my soul. "
" Sophie? Talk to me, he whispers, and it only pushes me that little bit further into remorse and hopelessness. I burst into painful heartfelt tears and bury my face in the open front of his jacket, against th
