Wapun Meadow blood axe

the side glance he gives the rex is almost nervous.

he has yet to spill anything about his past, to anyone—the exception being TJ. even cole knows the most minute of details. his head tilts, as if gauging how much he would reveal, before he exhales to speak.

my father, and even mentioning the man stings, would've had me wed to a dainty, pretty woman. the first woman i was betrothed to—she was everything but. when she ran off instead of marrying me, i think that changed his mind.

because no strong, self-respecting woman would willingly marry a man she didn't want, right?

but that's all behind, now. i'm free to marry any woman i see fit. i chose TJ. a smile. soft. well, it kind of just happened. but now... i have chosen.