LOGINShe was teary by the end, which made me feel like I'd absolutely nailed it. "I now pronounce you husband and wife," the officiant said. "You may kiss your bride." I pulled Paige into my arms and kissed her while everyone cheered. At the reception, Danny gave his best man speech with way too mu
ASHER I'd performed in front of millions of people, won three acting awards, and done my own stunts in a movie where I nearly died twice. But standing in this room waiting to get married, I was more terrified than I'd ever been in my entire life. Ten dates. That's what I'd told Paige we neede
When my parents came back from their conference, Damon told me he wanted our families to know about our relationship officially. I was nervous, but I agreed. The next evening, everyone gathered in the main living room. My parents, Aunt Sky and her husband, Victor, Ella, Asher and his new girlf
My heart started racing. "Really? You can do that?" "If you have the recording, yes. If not, I can go to Frank and get it from him." "I have it," I said quickly. "I made Frank send it to me. I thought if my dad ever found out and tried to go after Frank's mother, I could use the recording to thr
I'd missed this so much. Missed him so much. "I missed you," he whispered between kisses. "God, I missed you so much. It was driving me crazy." "I missed you too," I breathed. "So much." He lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he carried me to the bed. We fell onto the ma
PRINCESS After standing there for a while watching Damon walk away, I couldn't let him just leave. Not after everything. Not after searching for him all day in a wedding dress like some kind of romantic comedy protagonist who'd lost her mind. I followed him into the house and went straight
ESSENCE Hailey was halfway into another dramatic retelling of how she nearly fainted when Sky called her, when I raised a hand and said, “Babe, I’m the one who rose from the dead. Why do you look more traumatized than me?” Sky snorted so hard that juice sprayed out of her nose. “Please don’t dow
I opened the door and paused. The room was empty. No Lucian. The bed was untouched. His robe wasn’t on the chair. His scent still lingered faintly in the air, but it felt... faded. Where did he go? My mind wandered briefly...was he okay? Did something happen? Or maybe… maybe he just needed s
“Consider it done.” I pocketed my phone, then turned back to Alex...who was barely conscious, his mouth open, chest heaving, soaked in sweat and pain. “But first things first,” I said softly. “I need to make a call.” I stepped away from the bloodied chair and pulled out my phone. My hand didn’
She ran to the back. Opened the door. I saw her arms reaching in, lifting something. Someone. Asher. My chest went tight. What was happening? It was chaos now. Behind me, one of the thugs slammed a stick against my back. I staggered but didn’t fall. The rage boiling in my chest was too







