Eric's pov.

Asher didn't lead me out of the swamp, but he pointed the sinking me in the right direction to get out of it.

He was right, although I have been stressing that I want to break through all the resistance to come to Carina, atonement or love, I will stay by her side, accompany her for life. But the reality was that I hadn't crossed the barrier in my heart and was still afraid of things that didn't matter. I claimed to put Carina first, but wasn't my love for her still stopped by my own fears?

I had said that I had to come back and face...