Chapter 32

It was simply impossible; unthinkable. Scarlett wasn't supposed to die, not like this. She was meant to live out the rest of her days in misery and anguish, forever haunted by him and the memory of her defilement. That was the fate Dane had intended for her.
So why had she taken her own life instead? Why trade decades of torment for an escape into oblivion? Did she truly loathe him so completely, with such scorching intensity? He couldn't…wouldn't believe it!
A profound sense of unease settled over Dane as he wrestled with these turbulent thoughts and emotions.