What Jaden learned:
1. Forgiveness must be earned.
Despite their differences, they were family, and as her grandmother Jin would say, their lives were tightly knotted together like an Asian ikat weaving. Sneering at Jaden, Ava reclaimed her normal combative self. “You should be begging for our forgiveness you little—”
2. Fear enables bravery.
Jaden heard a frenzied beating of wings that was quickly drowned out by Briz’s screams of agony.
“NOOO!” Jaden howled. “No. Not Briz!” Her body jerked forward, and she was rushing toward her fears into the dark room.
3. Indian actor and film producer Shah Rukh Khan was right. There is no right time and right place for love…it can happen any time.
Jaden gave her head a slight shake. Briz was nothing more than a crush. Their bond was intense because it was based on fear…well, fear and lust. Not love. It made sense that after weeks of thinking you might die, all of your senses—appreciation, infatuation, passion—would be heightened…but love?