"Let's go out into the fields," he said to his brother.

His love was fierce, and unchanged from that first spark. His sacrifices were deepest of all. She knew this, and yet...

"Why are you so angry?" she asked him.

Because it was inevitable. Was he the only one who could see it, this selfishness?

But his heart was pure.

"Where is your brother? Where is Damon?" Katherine asked.

That knowledge was his to keep. He understood his role now; the necessity of change.

No longer weak, but able.


Italicized phrases from The Catholic Living Bible.