"I feel like I keep saying this," Elisha said, letting Hadyn lean against him as they talked, "but I'll try." Love had not come easily for him, either. Reina had loved him - and finally, he'd forgiven her - but her love had been complicated and sometimes selfish. Hadyn wasn't selfish, not in the same way, but he was complicated in a very similar way. His moods were very similar. It was, perhaps, what had made him run before. Why would he want to repeat history?

But then, there were just some people in life you were meant to be with.

"We shouldn't stay in here forever," he said, squeezing Hadyn's hand. "If I fall asleep, I don't think your leg is strong enough for you to pick me up just yet."