LOGINChapter Forty nine: Please, I'm Sorry. Killian jnr Right there behind the counter‚ she went down to her knees on the hard polished floor‚ and a sob broke out of her chest that was loud enough to echo through the entire store. Her hands pressed flat against the tiles as if she needed them to hold h
Chapter Forty eight: What's your name? Killian Jnr She looked at my face and whatever she saw there made her stop arguing. She followed me out of the dressing room and back onto the main floor. The attendant was standing near the register‚ her hands clasped in front of her‚ her smile ready. She o
Chapter Forty-seven: Know Your Place Killian jnr She'd been in there for over an hour. I checked my watch for the third time‚ then set my phone down on the armrest and looked toward the dressing rooms at the back of the boutique. The curtain was still drawn. No movement‚ no sound‚ nothing. An hou
Chapter Forty-six: Serena Zoey White I looked across the boutique to where Killian was sitting. He was looking at something on his phone‚ one leg crossed over the other‚ completely unaware. I looked back at the attendant. She had already turned away and was walking back toward the main floor with
Chapter Forty-five: Serena Zoey White "Now. Shall we start with the basics?" I looked at her. At the cheap rack behind her. At the smile sitting on her face like a mask that didn't quite fit. And I did what I had always done when the world decided to remind me of my place. I said nothing and I k
Chapter Forty four: Low bred Zoey White "You heard me." "You cannot tell me — " "Zoey." He had already opened his door and was standing outside the car‚ one hand resting on the roof‚ looking at me through the open door with that expression that meant the conversation was already over in his hea
Chapter 39 Diana’s POV “And should that change anything?” Isaac asked‚ staring straight at me. “I said I’m not fully human‚” I repeated quietly. “And you think I wasn’t aware of that before?” he replied. His voice was calm‚ but there was frustration under it. “Your parents and mine are friends‚
Chapter 38 Diana’s POV I stayed quiet during the drive. Isaac didn’t ask many questions and I didn’t offer any answers. My mind was simply too tired to think about anything else. He drove out of our estate slowly‚ passing the familiar streets and houses I had known my entire life. I thought he w
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE LIANA'S POV The drive bαck to Killian's house wαs quiet. Ryan hαd fαllen αsleep in the bαckseαt‚ curled up with his αrms αround his little bαckpαck. Killian wαs focused on the roαd‚ one hαnd on the steering wheel‚ the other brushing αgαinst mine every now αnd then. But I bαrely
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE LIANA'S POV "I’ll tαke cαre of her‚" Killiαn continued‚ his tone even. "Liαnα’s my responsibility. She αnd Ryαn... they’re my fαmily. I’ll do right by her. I’ll love her. I’ll protect her. I’ll never leαve αgαin." Dαd's lαugh wαs dry‚ cold. "Do right by her? αre you heαring yo







