Prequel Borrowed Tyme included. Time doesn't heal.Time hurts.Makes you stronger, rougher,And smarter. Now that I'm back, Xavier Scott can't hurt me again,Won't hurt me.I've seen my share of pain,Felt it,Owned it,And released it. After one look,One touch,One tremble,And I'm that broken, naive girl again. I want him, My body aches for him,My soul needs him.But, my head will be damned to fall for that again,Fall for X. He stole my heart before,But not this tyme. **

Reed "Riker" Collins is my story... The beginning, middle, and end. Our love was intense, emotional, and raw, the kind that sticks with you forever. I thought we had it all, the thing that would make us last... Until we didn't. Reed promised me forever, and I believed him with everything in me. But it's never that easy. Without a second thought Reed left me to follow his own dreams of becoming a professional fighter. Leaving me broken, damaged, and changed. Five years of going through life without him has left me only drifting from one moment to the next, never truly living. But then, Reed walks back into my life when I need him the most. Sometimes second chances aren't meant to happen. Will I be able to forget the pain he caused? Will he be able to heal the emotional wounds his love had left me with? Can I fight to start? Or will I end up forfeiting it all just to make it go away?