Mirrored Devotion

Killian let a crooked, almost bitter smile tug at the corner of his mouth. "Yes, Sloane, I love you—more than I believed any man could love," he said. "Yet I also know, with cruel clarity, that the feeling you carry for me does not cut nearly as deep. From day one, our love has been lopsided."

The woman could toss him aside as effortlessly as a child grew bored with a toy, and he, once discarded,