Through Fire: 3 (Portland Me)

Violence corroded her.Obedience defiled her.Fear kept her chained.Freedom is hard to embrace when shes never learned to trust. Yet in the span of a second she grabs a single opportunity and runs toward it. Straight into the sanctuary of a pub at the end of a wharf.She doesnt understand the concept of friendship. Shes never felt the connection of a relationship. Shes as innocent as the driven snow and yet tainted with corruption. Still she finds herself surrounded by people who accept her without even knowing the first thing about her.But one of them is determined to dig deeper.He treasures his friends yet hes steered clear of committed relationships. He likes his life comfortably predictable and entirely controlled. Until it isnt. For months hes avoided interacting with The Skippers newest addition. Perhaps realizing that once he looked deeply into those liquid brown eyes he wouldnt be able to turn away.When his present and her past puts them both on the brink of change they are forged through fire as one.