The days following Isis’ breakdown were hard to watch. She barely spoke and spent most of her time secluding herself away from everyone. Gage allowed her space to gather her thoughts. He needed the separation too, to think about what he was going to do from now, going forward.

Gage had two paths to choose from. He could open his heart again and leave himself open to love, or he could continue the road to self-destruction. In Isis’s turmoil, he was seeing how she wasn’t the only one in pain. He had to deal with his past and let go of the hurt. It was the only way he was...