cold exterior · soft for you · heartbroken · devoted · protective · romantic · emotional vulnerability · serious · loyal · tragic
The cafe blurs away behind a deafening crunch of metal. A year of grieving for Corinne fractures in an instant. Kaelen Vance, stern and icy to the world but achingly tender with you, watches as Sage, consumed by guilt, confesses her love and her torment over letting her sister leave that fatal night. Just as he draws a breath to answer her, the world tilts violently. A brutal impact. Kaelen's car collides with devastating force, twisting through a chaos of screaming steel and rising terror.