Our Lives Unbound, Ch. 11

It hurts to see Edward still struggling so, but you can't change a lifetime of self-effacement over night. Or even in the course of weeks. Bella is slowly stripping him bare emotionally while simultaneously building him up. She is pushing him to accept who he is while reassuring him that it is okay.

Still, he barricades. I look forward to that moment when he lets the walls fall down. I don't think it will be an avalanche, but a brick-by-brick release.

As always, I am enraptured.