"You cannot lie to the woman who has loved you the most." She smiled however briefly at him. "I broke you, something sacred within you, your pride, your honor." Selene's eyes flickered closed and she pulled his hand to her lips.

Hearing him say that he forgived her was....god, she had no words for how that felt. She could have died just then and been happy with the outcome. He had forgiven her.

"We do not need a path backward but a path forward." Amelia had told her best, 'all there is for it is time' and how right she had been.

Taking his wrist she sighed and closed her eyes. "Keep nothing from me and I shall keep nothing from you."