" I didn't know what about him drew me, except that he was kind and concerned about me in a way I hadn't experienced in a long time. Even Bulldog cared about me as fiercely as if I were his own daughter, he never hugged me. He expected me to be tough, like a man. And I always had been.
But with Collin...He had a way about him-a tenderness-that seemed to break through the hard walls I'd built around myself. "

― Jody Hedlund , A Daring Sacrifice (An Uncertain Choice, #2)