She wasn't sure she would ever understand how exactly their relationship changed so much in almost eight months. Before New Year's, he was a remnant of her past that she didn't like to think about. Then he started following her all over the country, always popping up when she least expected him. Perhaps loneliness was the biggest reason she finally gave in to entertaining something more than just an awkward acquaintance with the man who once made her life in the castle a nightmare.