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 I was just about to spill my heart out to Hailey and Sky. The words were right there...hovering on my tongue like a guilty confession. I wanted to ask them if what I was feeling was normal. If it made sense that my chest felt like a storm because Lucian walked away. If it was okay that I wa
LUCIAN I couldn’t move. Not at first. The pain in my skull throbbed with every heartbeat, and warm blood trickled down the side of my face, pooling near my ear, and sticky. My body felt like it had been shattered and scattered across the concrete. But I could still see. And what I saw made my
She was on her knees, shaking Asher’s small body, her hands frantic and trembling. Her eyes were wide with fear....real fear. The kind that sits behind the eyes and buries itself deep. Alex didn’t answer. He sat on the far side, his shirt already off, trying to twist it around his bleeding torso
LUCIAN Earlier, when I opened my eyes, it felt like someone had driven a nail straight into the side of my head. The pain throbbed behind my eyes, sharp and unrelenting. I tried to sit up, but gravity—and the dull ache—pulled me back down to the bed. I closed my eyes for a moment, breathing thro







