Love

Chapter 48 - Love

Penelope

I had never experienced love before, yes, I loved my parents and my brothers, and I loved Hilary like a sister. But that was a different kind of love entirely. I had never experienced the heart-stop-beating type of love. The set the world on fire and watch it burn for you, love, the kind of love that was so pure it felt like a dream until now.

I had never imagined I would feel love like this, had never imagined that I could feel this full of life in such a short amount of time. Not when the beginning of my and Garren's love story was so broken and hopeless.

But here I was, experiencing it, living in all of its glory. I loved Garren Ryuu with all my heart, even if I wasn't brave enough to tell him, not yet. And maybe fate would give me a chance to say it one day, but one could never be certain of her plans.

Fate worked in mysterious ways. She gave you curve balls when you least expected them, humbled you when you needed it, and lifted you up when all hope w