I looked at the ring in his hand.
The moonstone caught the light and glowed softly, the same way it had when my mother clasped it around my neck all those years ago.
"Ethan..."
Something was climbing up my throat.
"You know, the night you rejected me, I thought I would never forgive you. Not for the rest of my life."
"I hated you. For looking down on who I was. For hurting Selene. For leaving me alone in a strange place to fight for my survival."
"But."
I breathed in slowly.
"This past year, I watched you. I saw you push yourself to protect this pack. I saw you be careful with me , careful in a way that cost you something. And I felt your wolf." I paused. "He never stopped calling to Selene."
"I don't know if we can get back to what we might have been."
"But I'm willing... to try
