LOGINI would up choosing a deep green color for the skirt and jacket, the cuffs and collar trimmed in gray fur, the back of it embroidered in silver thread for the scene. It looked perfect. She helped me into it and tugged it square across my shoulders, and even half-pinned and unfinished, it was the mos
Ellie’s POVI folded the spare sheets and tucked them back in the cupboard before the sun was even up, like putting them out of sight might put Dominic out of my head.The apartment felt bigger without him in it, like the one small room had turned into a mansion. I tried not to think about it too ha
“I’m not sure yet,” he muttered, “but I’m going to find a way. And if she is dead, then I’ll find her bones. Either way, she’s coming back in a box.”“You don’t have to do this,” I said.“I know I don’t.” His expression softened. “I can’t undo two lifetimes, Ellie. I can’t give you back what was tak
Ellie’s POVSomewhere between my fortieth and fiftieth laps of the clinic, I had come to the conclusion that Dominic wasn’t coming back. I had said too much and scared him away. He didn’t believe me. He thought I was insane and he was running off to tell my father to lock me up.At least, those were
That was what woke up in her childhood bedroom. Not the meek little shadow who used to follow my every move, but someone who had been forged in a life where I helped break her.But there was one thing I couldn’t stop thinking about.Could I have done it?I made myself ask the question honestly, beca
Dominic’s POVThe cold hit the side of my face the moment I stepped out of the clinic, and for once, I was glad for it.I walked without picking a direction. I made my way down the narrow street, past the shuttered shops with their windows dark, my loafers sliding on the icy ground. Ellie had been r
Dominic.And he looks… awful. Exhausted in a way that doesn’t fit him at all. His hair is tousled like he’d been dragging his hands through it, and for once, he isn’t holding court like the center of the universe.Marcus and Tyler just walking up, waving an uneasy hello. My feet move back instinc
The place is packed, shoulder-to-shoulder bodies, dim lights pulsing in time with the bass, laughter mixing with the sugary smell of spiked drinks. Someone’s already spilled something sticky on my shoe. People are dancing, shouting, flirting, practically climbing the walls.And Vivian has been glued
Ellie POVStudents had slowly crowded around the outdoor platform, buzzing like bees on caffeine. Teachers stood stiffly at the front, clipboards ready, trying to look official despite the chaos. This was tradition, acceptance announcements delivered publicly, like some dramatic talent show reveal
Dominic POV Vivian is talking.A lot.She’s bouncing beside me as the guys and I walk from the basketball court toward the hallway, her ponytail swishing like it’s personally powered by pure optimism. She’s going on about our “first real date,” even though I haven’t agreed to anything.“…so I was t







