Vanessa I was never supposed to fall in love with him. We were only supposed to be a quick Spring fling, he was leaving and I was going to college. It was for the best, with his secrets and his darkness, the two of us were never meant to last. A year later, a chance encounter brought us back together. It was one night, one night to say goodbye. The following day he left and he took everything with him, including my heart. What I hadn’t realized at the time was that he left a little piece of him behind with me. Now three years later I have a beautiful son. I never expected to see him again. Until he shows up with his brothers, and the secret I’ve been keeping is finally revealed. I thought I had moved on, fixed my broken heart and was ready to continue with my life. But the moment I lay eyes on Kolten, I realize I never did get my heart back, and despite the history between us and all the broken pieces at our feet, I was willing to try again. Even if another heart break at the hand of this man would likely be my ruin. Kolten She thinks it was easy for me. To leave her behind and not come back for her. But I did it for a reason, I was darkness, she was light, and I couldn’t drag her down with me. It was beneath these dark skies five years ago when I fell in love for the first and last time, and Vanessa Hale still owns my heart, even after all these years apart. But now I’m back, and the woman I love is now the mother to a child I did not know I had. I was finally free from my past, and this was my end game. But the tricky thing about history is that it has a tendency to repeat itself.