Chapter 126

• I sat on the bed holding her ring and I felt the drowning sensation of loss. I listened to her footsteps go down the stairs, the front door open and shut again. I wanted to run after her, stop her, beg her to stay.
• She had made her decision though. She wanted Declan and Ireland and I pushed my feelings to the back of my soul. I took the ring and put it in the drawer of my bedside table, not wanting to stare at it anymore.
• I called James in response to his text that he was back in Fairbanks and I told him that Adara had chosen Declan and that she was going back to Ireland. I held my emotions in check because I wouldn’t break in front of any of them.