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~Evangeline~"Don't tell me you're still on that research paper since the time you left my office." Nicholas said as he returned. "I'm almost done," I told him, eyes on my screen.He leaned over my shoulder, read two lines, and took the laptop out of my hands."Nicholas, give it back."He sat down and pulled me into him in one motion. My arms went around his shoulders before my brain clocked it. "For a pregnant woman, you really shouldn’t be overworking yourself," "But if I don’t do this, who will?”"You heard me when I ordered Brandon to handle it.""I know but I still want to help.""You can help out with something else like taking a break.""I'm fine."The raised eyebrow from him clearly screamed, ‘not buying it.’“People really think I’m a con artist over a mistake I didn’t even make.” I smiled, trying not to break down. Not even one person tried to defend me on social media. “People will always think about what they want. You should care more about the people who know you.”
~Margaret~I almost hated how my hands shook.Not because I felt guilty. Please. Guilt was for people who had better options. I just didn’t like looking nervous in front of people who were already waiting for me to fail.My body still felt damaged from yesterday. I had nearly died awakening that wolf. Nobody could tell me I got this easily. I paid for it with blood and agony
~Serena~I wanted to shake every single person in that room.Years. That was how long they had cried, searched, prayed, and turned one lost child into the softest wound in the whole family. Mother always staring at old photographs like she could pull a girl out of the paper if she looked hard enough. And now the girl had been found, the DNA was on its way, the answer was practica
~Evangeline~By the time I unlocked my phone again, my name had already gotten worse online.Somebody had put my picture beside a hospital bed and written a whole paragraph about innocent patients suffering because of greedy women in lab coats. Another account was reposting old clips from interviews and slowing my voice down so I sounded cold. A different one had gone with the classic angle and called me a man-stea
~Evangeline~The second I turned the shower off, I realized I had made a mistake.My clothes were not in the bathroom.I stood there dripping, staring at the empty hook by the wall, and felt irritation crawl up my spine. Before tonight, living alone came with freedoms I never thought about. I left clothes wherever I liked. I walked from the bathroom to my room, however I liked. I
~Nicholas~By the time we reached Chief’s house, two of my men were still outside.One was by the gate with his jacket half open and his eyes on the street. The other was near the porch, speaking quietly into his earpiece while scanning the houses across from us. The patrol car I had requested earlier was gone, which meant the crowd had left, but the damage they left behind was still there. A cracked flowerpo
ALEXANDERI’d noticed Evangeline’s worsening behavior a long time ago, but I never really had to worry about it.After all, I had Margaret by my side, and she offered comfort when Evangeline couldn’t. She always validated my opinions regarding Evangeline and she saw just as I did that Eva was a bra
MARGARETI saw Evangeline walk into the hospital, and I saw the way she paused at the entrance to watch me.I tried to ignore her, focusing on my task of trying to win the favor of the nurses again, but they ignored me. They’d been doing it all morning, but it didn’t start to hurt until Evangeline
EVANGELINEI could tell the person was still out there. I didn’t know how, but a part of me just knew.I sat up straighter, summoning whatever shreds of pride I had left and cleared my throat.“Who is that?” I called out, but no one responded. “I saw you, you know? You were eavesdropping on a conve
EVANGELINEI watched Alex mingling with the nobles downstairs. They drank wine and laughed between themselves.It was amusing how he could switch from screaming at me in the hospital to laughing with these men as if nothing happened.I wanted to leave. The party was boring and there was no one to s







