Sophia… They thought sending me to this supposed tropical paradise would keep me safe. But there’s no place safe for me now. Not when the memories won’t leave me alone. I didn’t know what the universe had in store for me, but I definitely didn’t expect Jameson Burke. People think he has more secrets than I do, but he showed me his true self—his smile, his thoughtfulness, his love. I can’t afford to fall so far, so deep. Not after what happened. I should run, but somehow my heart keeps coming back to him... Jameson… I had my own reasons to run. Little did I know the most important piece of my story started and ended with the quiet girl sitting next to me in seventh period. Sophia Reid’s shy smile brought my soul out of hiding. Through her, I learned what starting over really means. But if I give in to this love, I’ll put us both in danger. For a short time, I was whole again, but what they say is right. The old me is dead, and the new one will never know love again.

They told me I had to leave her. They were right. It doesn’t matter that she’s the first thing I think about every morning, and my last thought before I sleep. It doesn’t matter that the moment my heart started beating was when I laid it at her feet. As long as she’s around me, she’s in danger. I have to keep her away, keep her safe, before this storm overtakes us. The truth is something she cannot know, should never know. Even if that means I’ll never see her again.

Sophia... We thought running would save us, but we never expected the safest place to be where it all began. We'll never be who we were when we left there, but there's nowhere I'd rather be than together. Jameson... We tried to outrun death, to escape the past, but they haunted us at every turn. I promised Sophia forever, and I'll do anything to give it to her, no matter where we are, or who we become.