LOGINThat night, long after the last of the guests had left for their rooms, Andrew and I returned to the presidential suite to find that the staff had decorated it in preparation for our stay. All the décor, right down to the bed sheets, had been switched out for matching red and gold pieces. The light
Andrew’s eyes met mine as I approached the altar. He smiled at me, and I smiled back. He looked so handsome in his classic black tuxedo that I could hardly wait for after the reception to be with him. As I took my place across from Andrew, I handed my bouquet to Lily. The priestess bega
One month later, I stood in a suite at a private beachside resort, admiring my wedding dress. It hugged my curves in all the right places while still gently brushing against the ground like a low-hanging cloud. Crystals glistened in the room’s fluorescent lights, and the train flowed behind me effor
“Let’s continue this in the bedroom,” I said, breathless. Andrew nodded his agreement. I pulled Andrew to his feet as he stuck the ring box back in his pocket. Then I dragged him back to the bedroom, leading him by the tie. Not that he needed to be dragged; he would have followed me anywhere by th
Andrew texted me and said his flight was delayed by a few errands he had to run, so I waited. And waited. I waited for an entire day, and even began to worry that Andrew had changed his mind. Then I heard a knock at my door. I leapt off the couch and rushed to answer it. Stopping just short of the
Noah left the next day. I took him to the airport, we exchanged a hug and a brief farewell, and then I watched him walk through the gate. That was the last time I ever saw him. With a heavy heart, I returned to an empty apartment. All our furniture and my belongings—what little I still had—were the
It took a little more than a day for the police to track down Crystal’s kidnappers and bring them into custody. Chief Callaghan interrogated them personally and then immediately called for Andrew to come down to the police station. Andrew tapped his fingers against the arm of the chair he sat in a
That night, I was watching videos on my phone when Andrew called me. Butterflies fluttered in my stomach. I was torn. On the one hand, I was always excited to talk to Andrew. On the other hand, I did not know if Jeffrey had kept his word and not told Andrew about my most recent encounter with Bob.
The rest of the night, I contemplated the fight with Andrew and the conversation with Lily. By the time I finished getting ready for work the next morning, I knew exactly what I wanted to say to Andrew. Just as I reached for my phone to call Andrew, it buzzed. My caller ID showed Andrew’s name.
I anxiously watched my phone for the video to pop up under some not-so-clever title like “Werewolf Princess Pops Her Lid”. By the next day, though, it hadn’t appeared. I supposed that Lisa had used her connections in the media industry to make it disappear before it could gain any traction, or the p







