Chapter 5

There were so many things to love.

I always believed that loving someone meant giving them everything, holding nothing back.

But what if he didn't want my love? Maybe, as Edward said, I should share my love with other things that truly deserve it.

"Your Royal Highness," Edward said softly, "you're truly wonderful. You don't have to think less of yourself because someone doesn't love you."

My eyes suddenly stung with tears.

After all this time at the border, this was the first time anyone had ever said something like that to me.

He wasn't telling me to give up…