Chasing Love Across The Horizon

en on her lap. She traced her fingers over the worn leather cover-the last gift her father had given her before

nce, "you never told me why you keep

gaze fixed on the blade. "

ft scoff. "I gat

eye, a hint of annoyance in his stare. "Y

t wouldn't hurt to open up a little. Maybe I'd stop thi

a moment, Aria thought she'd crossed a line, but then he

now?" he asked, his v

d, curios

The Isles took something from me...

d, sensing the pain

. We were kids-barely old enough to know better. Our old man brought us here o

. "He was right. It changed eve

reath, not dari

owed him whole. I searched for days-weeks-until I couldn't stand it anymore. I never found

ldn't help but feel a pang of em

ly looked at her, his gaze was colder than before. "Don't waste your pity o

t gnawing at her. "Is that why you're helpi

flatter yourself. I'm not your savior. I'm

ng, Aria couldn't help but see past the walls he'd built around himself. Before she cou

and, eyes scanning the darkness. "

ongings. Ethan moved with deadly precision, his sense

that?" she

But something's off... they don

ria behind him, his knife gleaming in the firelight. Seconds

head-on, dodging its snapping jaws and slicing at its flank. The beast yelped and stumb

h lethal grace, but it was clear they were outnumbered. As one wolf lunged at her, A

reath. "They're hunting

an and Aria to back up against a boulder. Blood dripped from a sha

deas?" she shout

ted. "Yeah

through the forest, followed by a flurry of movement. The wolves

turned to Ethan. "Wha

nife, his face grim. "Somethi

back into the darkness. Whatever had scared the wolves away was st