Ravyn couldn't have been happier knowing that Esperanza finally looked at him with warmth and affection instead of fear, and the change in her attitude meant more to him than he could ever put into words.
Every time he looked into her innocent eyes and saw the trust she was beginning to place in him, he was reminded of how much he had once stood to lose because of his own foolishness.
There had been a time when he had wanted his own daughter dead, and even now, remembering the terrible things he had done filled him with a kind of regret that no amount of suffering could ever erase.
He had made choices he could never take back, and although he had spent countless days wishing he could return to the past and undo them, he knew that some mistakes would always remain a part of his story.
