Fragile Sanctuary (Sparrow Falls Book 1)

So damn young. Way too young to endure that kind of loss and trauma. But I knew better than most that the Universe didn’t pull any punches when it came to pain. It could lash out when you least expected it. And take out the most undeserving in its wrath.

You helped. You’re not the bad guy you want people to think you are.”

You shouldn’t hide a damned thing, Reckless. Especially not something that proves how strong you are.”

Gotta stop meeting like this, Reckless.”

“You feel that? That means you’re here. Feel the wood beneath you. Feel me.”

Some people are just blind to the beauty beneath the damage.”

Who was I kidding? Everything about her twisted my insides. Too beautiful. Too bright. Too kind. She even took in damn dogs.

lived each one to the fullest and enjoyed the simple beauty in all of them.

I’d never seen the point in letting the hard things you were going through weigh you or others down

But now I knew the truth. Happiness was the greatest torture of all because it could all be taken away—and it was so much worse than if you’d never experienced it at all.