Scarlett (Second Edition)
he whispered, his voice cracking, and I could hear the faint sound of tears.
Hearing Lucian cry, hearing the depths of his remorse and desperation, struck something fragile within me. For a moment, my anger wavered, and the old, lingering connection I’d felt for them flickered. They had hurt me—deeply, undeniably—but I had never imagined them breaking like this, pleading and shedding tears over me.
I felt torn between the intense bitterness that had become my shield and the love that had never fully died. I knew I had to choose, to decide if these broken men who had caused me so much pain could ever truly earn my forgiveness.