“He is.” I stopped outside my office door. “We need to talk.”Isaac nodded and followed me inside. I went straight to my desk and pulled out the bottom drawer, retrieving the manila folder that contained the evidence that had convinced me he wanted me dead.“This is everything I gathered,” I said, s
BiancaI stood outside Callum’s bedroom door with my hand hovering over the handle. Isaac was beside me, and I could feel his hot breath tickling the hairs on the back of my neck. When I shot a glance at him over my shoulder, his eyes were fixed on the doorknob, waiting for me to open it.“He’s prob
I stared at her with a slack jaw, equal parts surprised and grateful. So that note had come from her after all, which meant that Zelda had been the first to discover my true identity. Despite the fact that I had left her without so much as a letter, she had still gone out of her way to protect me.G
BiancaIsaac was here. Actually here, in Silvermist, brought here by my invitation… And he was about to meet the son he’d never known existed.Clara was waiting by the front door, her hand resting on the knife at her hip. Always prepared for a fight. Benjamin was leaning against the wall beside her,
The words tasted like ash in my mouth, but they were true. They had to be.Zane’s reflection looked like I’d just stabbed him in the chest. Again. Goddess, I was so tired of hurting the people I cared about.“I’m sorry,” I whispered, turning to face him. “I know that’s not what you wanted to hear.”
BiancaToday was the day. Isaac was coming to meet Callum.Our son.The words still felt like some kind of distant dream, or perhaps a nightmare, even after everything that had happened recently. Five years of keeping them apart, five years of telling myself I was protecting Callum from a monster—an