Dimitri and I had been through so much together. After all that we had experienced together, we deserved our happily ever after. And no one had the right to take that away from me, not even my parents. Dimitri was my happiness and he’ll always be my happiness. If my parents cared even a little about me, they’d let me be with him. I loved my parents so very much. They’ve always let me do what I wanted. They have always been fair with me. So I didn’t understand why they were doing this to me now. I needed a reason from then. If they can’t give me a good reason for why I can’t be with him, then they can’t get mad at me. I loved Dimitri more than anything. They can’t take him away from me. I won’t let them. No one can take him away from me. Even the Shadow couldn’t. I fought for him then an

