Se connecterSelene's POV Sapphire closed the door behind us."Three days of work," she said.I looked at the table. Then I looked at the walls. Then I looked at the table again.It was buried. Not stacked neatly, not modestly organised, but completely buried under files and print
Selene's POV I was exhausted down to my bones by the time I left the castle.The argument with Ethan had wrung something out of me that the quiet of my room afterward had not been able to put back. I lay there for a while in the dark, staring at the ceiling, but the room was too still and no amount of lying quietly in it was going to change that.I thought about Eli. About the sound of his laughter and the way he r
Victor's POV I gave the order with the kind of calm that came from having already decided and having no interest in being talked out of it."Prepare for the banquet," I said. "We are attending."The silence that followed was the kind that forms when a room full of people has received information they were not expecting and is trying to decide how to respond to it without overstepping.
Selene's POV Ethan looked at me, his jaw tight. He said nothing."Good," I said. "Then listen to me."I stood up and I did not raise my voice because I did not need to. The quieter I spoke right now, the more clearly he would hear every word."Let me tell you what Mel
Selene's POV Ethan's calls started coming in twenty minutes later. One after another, spaced just far enough apart that he was clearly trying to appear calm rather than rattled. I let every single one ring out without answering because I had nothing to say to him over the phone. Whatever needed to be said between us was going to be said with both of us in the same room.When night had properly fallen and I had cle
Selene's POV Suddenly, Melissa straightened her shoulders and something changed in her expression. Like a new kind of energy moved in where the grief had been sitting, the brightness of a person who has been turning something over in their mind and has finally arrived at a plan they feel good about.I recognised that look. And honestly, it made me slightly nervous."I have been thinking," she started.
Victor's POV I got to the door of the guest house just as the last words left her mouth."I'll sign the divorce papers. Gladly."In that moment, my heart stopped. It felt as though all the air had been knocked out of my chest. I just stood there, frozen, my hand halfway to the doorknob, trying to
Selene's POV The water was warm, yet it did nothing to comfort me. I just stood under the shower, arms wrapped tightly around myself, letting the water wash down my body like it could rinse off the memory. But it couldn’t.Every drop that touched my skin felt like a reminder—of the way he held me,
Selene's POV The next morning, the loud and sudden knocking on my door startled me awake. "Selene? Are you there? Open up!" Melissa's voice was sharp with worry. I dragged myself out of bed, wincing as the movement pulled at my bruises. When I opened the door, Melissa's eyes went straight to my
Victor's POV She didn’t take the flowers.Selene walked right past the rose petals, past the lilies in my hand, and turned her back on me… like I was nothing. I had picked every single flower of that damn bouquet myself. White lilies. Her favourite. The same ones from our first date. And she just







