Chapter 35

• I have always lived my life with the belief that no one could get to me, that nothing could make me tick and lose it, and for 23 years of my life, that plan has been working.
• I have never let anyone inside, never crushed on any male, and I was content until Toby came. He had barged into my life, like a metal ball, breaking the walls I have labored to build so high and taking me from everything I knew.
• I tried to resist him; I actually tried, but I should have known that once I set eyes on those brown orbs, it was futile. He had made me care; dare I say I had begun to fall for him, beyond even the mate bond?