Chapter 30

It was an odd moment, though. Nothing had changed. One minute he’d been watching Sebastian pick through other people’s clothing, and the next they were chest deep in warm water and from then, to where they were at, Owen’s heart had decided Sebastian was his. A million people could have told Owen it was wrong, that it was too early, that they were destined for failure, and while a day ago he might have listened, now it had all become bullshit. The consequences had become meaningless. The concept of failure had lost its sting. It was as if common sense had just woken up and finally realised, that one could lose themselves for a very long time in the forest of guilt and remorse, could even convince themselves that they belonged there. But nothing—nothing at all—felt truer than redemption.