Erased Memories, A Second Chance At Love

anvas against the stark white snow. When my fiancé

me. His mistress, Candace, clung to his arm with a tin

did you do?" he spat

y injuries were minor. They secretly withheld my treatment, laughing at

urden he was forced to care for after my parents died sav

elf from the hospital balcony, trading my lo

, the man who had destroyed

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the stark white snow, but the man who rushed to

nerve ending ablaze with pain. I barely registered the faces of the rescue team, their movements a blur through the haze of agony

ved with the desperate urgency of a man who had lost something precious. My heart, a br

harsh backdrop of the mountain. Her head was bandaged, just a small, neat white patch. A stark contrast to the mangled mess that wa

h for me. He didn' t even see me, not really. He saw an inconvenience, a problem, a source of endless trouble.

harp against the howl of the wind

I blinked, trying to clear the ice from my vision. He knelt bes

o you have any idea the resources, the days we've wasted looking for you? The e

threatened to escape. Stay put where? In the snow, waiting fo

ce loud enough to carry over the rotor wash. "Why

ver of snow, listening to the predatory snuffles and howls in the darkness. I had stayed put, at firs

d into a consuming fire, compelled me to move. I crawled, then stumbled, through the deep snow, searching for anything edible. My leg, already protesting from the fall, met a jagged tree branch hidden b

he image of Gabriel coming for me, had slowly, painfully, withered

e had always viewed me through a distorted lens, a troublesome orphan, an unwanted burden. My protests, my explanati

rescue workers, his face pale with concern as he looked at my frostbit

she... one of your new employees, Gabriel? I didn't recognize h

fortable, stammered, "No, ma'am

kering to me, a predatory glint in her eyes. "Perhap

ou're fired," he barked, his voice devoid of any warmth. "Get out of my sight. And anyo

if afraid to breathe. Candace then moved towards me, a picture of false sympathy. She extended a delicat

't mean to cause so much trouble. She probably just got lost." She shot me a quick, veiled look, a sile

in. His voice dropped to a cold, dangerous whisper. "You will be punished for this, Bria

s cutting me loose. "You were reckless, roaming around the restricted area," he continued, his voice echoing with f

aving me, once again, in