THAT FIRST BREAK (Broken Redemption Prequel 1)

Choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved... including her.

I had everything a guy could ask for, a loving family, the perfect small-town life, and a promising future I had worked hard for.

It should have been enough.

She was off-limits, my parent's best friend's daughter, practically my sister. I fought my feelings, pretending our soul-deep connection didn't exist. When she confessed she felt the same, I pushed her away, believing our friendship mattered more than temporary infatuation. That she agreed should have come as a relief, but it left me with this void I didn't know how to fill.

It's what drove me to the bonfire that night. Right there, with our friends as witnesses, I claimed her. Told her I loved her and made her promises I shouldn't have made.

Hours later, it all came crashing down in a whirlwind of fire and ashes. That one split-second choice to go after a girl that wasn't meant for me cost me everything I loved.

I never should have crossed that line or given in. It's why she'll forever be my greatest love and deepest regret.

This tragic story is the beginning of our end...