*Sabrina*
I chose love. I stood in the rain and let the storm take me because something in me knew it would carry me back to Gabriel. I don’t know how long it will last, but I know I’m staying. This time, I’m not going back. I won’t waste another breath pretending that I belong in a world without Captain Gabriel Ashford.
My boots slide in the mud as we walk side by side toward the docks, the sky still low and battered with the remnants of the storm. I steal a glance at him, at the face I missed so much. His dark eyes scan the harbor with quiet intensity. His jaw is shadowed with stubble, his features sharp and striking, still impossibly handsome in that way that made my heart skip from the very first moment.
When we round the corner, and the harbor comes into view, I stop short. The sh
