Masuk~Amelia~I was in the kitchen minding my own business, tea, crackers, the baby doing her usual morning gymnastics against my ribs when his mother walked in.My first thought was: so this is how it ends.My second thought was: I should have eaten more of those crackers while I had the chance.
~Amelia~I sat in the circle too. That part mattered.It was quiet for the first minute in the way that things are quiet when everyone is waiting for someone else to start. I let it sit for a second and then I just said: "I know some of you have questions you haven't been able to ask. I figured this was easier than everyone wondering separately."
~Amelia~Serena showed up at the door with a gift bag and the energy of someone who had been dying to talk for three weeks and was finally being allowed to."Okay first of all," She stepped inside without being invited, shoved the bag at my chest, and pulled me into a hug before I could say anything. "You look amazing. You're huge and glowing and I hate you a little bit.""Hi to you too."
~Amelia~And at the edge of the treeline, watching it all unfold like she was supervising, a woman I didn't recognize. Short hair, lifeless eyes that made her scarier than the fighters.And behind her, Blake.He stood with his hands in his pockets. Watching.
~Amelia~I smelled coffee before I even made it downstairs, which was the first good thing about the morning.The second thing was considerably more distracting.Kaden was standing at the counter when I walked in, shirtless, sweatpants sitting low, hair still a mess from sleep, holding a mug like he hadn't just committed a crime against my ability to think clearly. I stopped in the doorway for exactly one second too long.He didn't even turn around. "You're staring like you haven’t seen me before.""No, I’m not." I crossed to the table and sat down. He turned around then, and the look on his face said he'd already figured out exactly what the situation was. He set a mug in front of me, leaned down until his face was level with mine, and said very quietly: "Your heart rate went up the second you walked in."I picked up the mug and looked somewhere else. "That's because I walked down stairs. Cardio.""Sure it is." He pulled out the chair across from me, sat down, and flipped open the n
~Amelia~Caleb called a meeting.He put a single sheet of paper on the table. Three bullet points. I'd learned that if Caleb needed a full page to explain something, the thing was very bad. One page meant it was just bad."Blake has found a partner," he stated.
AMELIA’S P.O.VI didn’t recognize the man that Blake had asked to watch me. I didn’t even know his name, but the one thing I did know for certain was that he didn’t like Blake, not at all. As soon as Blake had left, he muttered a few choice words under his breath and said something about helping Blak
BLAKE’S P.O.VFor a second, I was floored. She was kissing me. I had dreamed about it for so long but I realized that my imagination was a lot different from reality. She was soft and her lips were as soft as pillows. I tangled my hands into the back of her head and kissed her deeply. It felt like ev
KADEN’S P.O.VAmelia wasn’t here. I wasn’t sure if I was more pissed off or relieved by that.Just because she wasn’t here didn’t mean she wasn’t with Blake though. He seemed too much at ease for someone who was obsessed with Amelia. I wasn’t going to find her here, that much was clear. I had to retur
KADEN’S P.O.VI felt like I was going in the opposite direction but mum was certain that this was what we needed to focus on. I just wanted to find Amelia, I couldn’t be bothered about whatever fucked up reason he took her but that didn’t stop me from going through every single thing I had heard abou







