Ella's POV

We got to a clearing, the one we had been the day before, where I had met him the day of the fight with the rogues and comforted him.

He dusted off a spot for me and asked me to sit. "Sit, my mate."

I smiled, the memory of how he had rejected me five years ago flashing through my mind. I wouldn't have believed that a day like this would come. Truly, time changed everything. Kevin had looked at me with ice in his eyes on that day but now had fire in his eyes and the warmth threatened to melt me.

If he hadn't rejected me,...