" For the last three years, he’d held his body as taut as a bowstring. He couldn’t imagine ever feeling at ease again.

That was one more reason why the notion of sex with someone new was so difficult. Letting go like that required a level of surrender he wasn’t sure he had in him to give. Trust in another person to see you at your most vulnerable and not take advantage. "

― Kate Meader , Man Down (Rookie Rebels, #3)