Riley had never felt so light before, never felt as if the weight of the world had been lifted off her shoulders. Her heart still bore the scars of the past, but for the first time in a long time, she felt as if she could finally leave it behind herself.
That she could finally live without a single worry in the world.
“Ready to leave?” A voice came and Riley broke her gaze from the sky above and found them resting on the man who had done the unthinkable—had broken her out of the shackles that always held her back.
She smiled at him, and this time, she did not try to hide herself behind the cocktail of dread hesitation and mistrust.
“Yes,” of course she was ready. She was more than ready to move from this chapter of her life. She was more than ready to finally live.
She ate up the last
