Come Hell or High Water
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Growing up having to fend for yourself teaches you never to depend on anyone. Being forced by circumstances beyond your control to face the realities of life at such a young age is something no one should ever have to endure.
That's how life was for Santhe Liam Abella--a reclusive young man who learned to survive without asking for help and to leave before anyone could become important enough to hurt him.
He had convinced himself that solitude was easiersafer.
Then‚ he--Alistair Evander Chastain--came along.
For the first time‚ the walls he'd spent years building slowly cracked--because Santhe‚ against his better judgment‚ started letting someone in. Slowly‚ he allowed himself to believe that perhaps letting someone through the walls he built wasn't so bad. Perhaps there was someone he could lean on without having to fear what it would cost him.
But fate had other plans.
What they had built together was not meant to last--or so it seemed. Circumstances beyond their control drove them apart‚ leaving behind everything they could've been. And just like that‚ the person Santhe had reluctantly learned to depend on became someone he had to live without.
Santhe returned to the life he knew best: keeping to himself‚ carrying his burdens alone‚ and convincing himself that letting someone in had only ever been a mistake.
And if they want a second chance at what they once had‚ they'll have to confront everything that tore them apart in the first place--because some things are worth finding a way back to‚ come hell or high water.
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