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Chapter 33 - Trust
When I got out of the springs, I was alone. I quickly got dressed and hurried back to our post so Garren could have a chance to bathe. My head was spinning as I rushed back. My skin tingled where ever Balthazar had touched me. My lips were bruised from how hard we kissed. I could still taste him, which only made me ache for him all over again. I still couldn’t believe how much he had told me. I couldn’t believe that everything, negative and evil, about him, started because of a lie. He was kind, but over time he got lost, broken, and I was the one who needed to help put all the pieces back together. I was the one who was meant to help him rebuild his future, rebuild his dreams.
He was the one who saved me from the darkness just as I was the one to cast new light into his life. We were beacons for one another calling each other home. The bond had opened my eyes, but his truths had opened my heart. And now t
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