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“No ‘buts’” He put his finger to her lips “Okay?”

She nodded and leaned her head into his shoulder Cam kissed the back of her neck She trusted the, even her heart

Chapter Seventeen

Ca the pain on Erica’s face Dylan had left ten o to attend the annual memorial

He looked at the ti in five minutes

“Would you like so to drink, sweetheart?” he asked

She shook her head

He still wasn’t sure why Dylan had agreed to go His brother definitely was up to his old ways, working on a plan no doubt What? He wasn’t sure

God, hoished there was so to say to her to take away her pain But there were no words All he could do was be there for her

He put his arm around her shoulder She leaned her head into his chest

Next year, I’ll make sure we aren’t in Destiny He kneouldn’t take away all her suffering, but he hoped it would lessen it

The sun had dipped behind the peaks and the sky’s hue above the ce to purple

Alraveyard, as they were every year at this saed the whole town, but especially the ones who had lost their parents Dylan’sorphan Erica

Holding an unlit candle, he stood by her parents’ graves with her brothers, Reed and Sawyer, and their fiancée Nicole