A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

Ruby, I lied before. I would have run. —CG

But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.

I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

The thing is...what they don't tell you about forgiveness is this-you don't give it for the other person's sake, but your own.

A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.