LoganI paced the corridor outside my mother’s study, the thick velvet carpet muffling my footsteps. The weight of the past few days pressed down on me like lead.Evelyn’s voice still echoed in my mind, her broken, shaky whispers in the alley before I carried her from the tavern played in a relentle
She had betrayed the rogue community. Given up crucial intel. All to protect Logan.He had been the reason she had started anew, and this was the reason she could be trusted so unwaveringly where I couldn’t. Because she had already made the ultimate sacrifice and given up her community for this man.
EvelynThe morning light cut across the room like a blade, slicing through the fragile darkness I clung to. My skull throbbed in time with my heartbeat, a low, persistent pounding that made me groan into my pillow. Everything was too loud, too bright, and the taste of stale liquor clung to the back
He tilted his head. "Maybe no one. Maybe I just like wandering into enemy territory with nothing but the clothes on my back. As I said earlier, it’s a beautiful view."I leaned forward, voice low and razor-sharp. "I can make you talk. That punch isn’t the worst I’m capable of, believe me. "His eyes
LoganEvelyn's words had burrowed deep into me like thorns. Even hours later, they echoed, fragile, slurred, and trembling in the cold morning air.No matter how hard I tried to focus on other things, to put her mournful sentiment aside, I couldn’t shake it from my memory. Naturally, I hadn’t slept
LoganI wasn’t looking for her.I told myself that again as I pushed through the tavern’s doors, the scent of sweat, ale, and smoke choking the air.This wasn’t about Evelyn. I just happened to be in the area. It didn’t matter that I had been told that she had been spotted heading into town in the d