I was not without sin.

I carried my name for a reason.

Screwing things up was just part of who I was.

Sometimes people got hurt because of me.

Sometimes they died.

After being exiled from the world I'd created with my best friends, I was left to punish myself for my sins against the girl they loved.

The sins I spent hours begging whatever entity was out there to forgive me for.

But maybe I wasn't supposed to be forgiven.

Maybe I was who I was because I was meant for something bigger than me.

Maybe I was always meant for her.

The girl with the colorful eyes who never spoke.

The girl I'd been fighting my heart on since I'd set eyes on her all those months ago.

I feared she'd hurt me. Break me.

But maybe I'd been wrong.

Maybe she was the one who'd been sent to save me.

I just needed to figure out how to get her to stop being afraid of the man I was and see me for the man I was becoming.

But I was a sinner, and I would sin again.

In her name, all things were possible.

This much I knew.

Amen.

Sinful is book 5 in The Boys of Chapel Crest. This is not a standalone and must be read in order. This is a dark romance with no choosing. Check author's note for more information on warnings.