And Sam needed her. Because with Ruby's betrayal, it had been a knife in the back that cut deep. He knew that pain once, but from her it had threatened to rip him apart.

He had been gone from Lana so long now that he had almost forgotten how much love he felt from her when he was in her arms. How could he have? Had his addiction gone so deep that he had forgotten all of this?

His fingers dug into her a bit more, clinging, needing to remember and feel it again.