Morgan's PoV
"But…learning implies a willingness to be vulnerable," I murmur, my eyes boring into her own, searching for any hint of hesitation or fear. But there is none. Only an open heart and courage that leaves me in awe.
"Vulnerability is just honesty in its purest form," she responds without hesitation and in that instant, I realize that Melanie Carter, with her laughter and light, has become my truth.
The room seems to close in around us as my heart hammers erratically in my chest, the storm outside nothing more than a distant memory.
We are alone, she and I, trapped by the winter's wrath within these log-clad confines and as if summoned by my moment of vulnerability, the memories of my past begin to claw their way into my consciousness, a specter that refuses to be ig
