Sam's POV
Life had become quite complicated.
As Sam dressed for the day in the dim lamplight of his lodge, he considered his position. Was he risking everything for this woman? If he was, he didn't care. Tending to her in her little dorm room had been the only time the rushing sound in his ears had been quiet in days.
If she was his peace, he would take the consequences in stride.
It must be love.
That was the only explanation for his madness. He had met many beautiful women in his time, but Ophelia was something extraordinary.
She was true to herself to a fault, willing to tear herself to shreds to deliver some raw honesty to him. She was intelligent, and she had to stand out amongst her peers at home to have been selected to attend this school. More than that, she was forceful wh
