But I wouldn’t soon forget who she was. Someone had to remember.Two of our assistants had gone missing after investigating her ties, which was something I hadn’t even had time to truly investigate. Everything had spiraled with the war, and their disappearances had been buried under the chaos of my
EvelynI could still feel the echo of his absence. It was everywhere, in every room and every breath.Logan’s silence had settled into me like a bruise, and I couldn’t help but continue poking at it, eliciting more and more pain. It all was so deep and dark. Tender to the touch.I’d given him the tr
Alex’s jaw tightened. “You think I wanted this? That I enjoyed watching her pine for someone who didn’t truly know her, watching you stumble around your own damn feelings like you were blind? We were trying to protect her! You of all people should understand how important that is.”“You were trying
LoganThe air in the armory was hot. I was slick with sweat, breathing in heat, and feeling like I could exhale fire from how angry I was.The armory was laden with the scent of old sweat and steel. I’d been at it for over an hour working until my muscles ached and felt leaden. I moved through fight
EvelynI stared out the narrow window watching the streets come alive with people going about their day. Most were just rising, but I had already been up for hours. After everything that had happened the previous day, how could sleep even be possible?Instead, I lay awake staring at my ceiling, or p
“You married me, Evelyn. You said vows to me, and you couldn’t even do me the decency of being truthful about who you are. Do you know how this all makes me look? I look like a fool! I feel like one, too. And you knew. You knew the whole damn time that I was being played, but it didn’t matter becaus