All Chapters of When I’m Gone, You Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Elena‘s POVI woke before dawn and reached for the calendar on my nightstand.Day twenty-nine.The red marker felt heavy in my hand as I drew a line through yesterday. Blake was still asleep beside me, his breathing deep and even. I watched him for a moment, the curve of his jaw, the way his dark hair fell across his forehead. I slipped out of bed and padded down the hallway to the kitchen, where I made a phone call I'd been dreading.Sarah picked up on the second ring. "Elena? It's five in the morning.""I know, I'm sorry." I kept my voice low. "I need to ask you something.""Anything." She said without hesitation.That was Sarah, my oldest friend and the only one who'd stuck by me through everything. She didn't ask questions when I showed up at her door crying. She didn't judge me when I made excuses for Blake. She just loved me, quietly and completely."The severing ritual," I said. "The witch gave me the details. I need someone to handle the arrangements after I'm gone and make

Chapter 4: Once Unfaithful,Always UnfaithfulElena’s povI couldn't take off the wedding dress fast enough.My hands trembled as I fumbled with the buttons, the zipper, the delicate lace that suddenly felt like it was strangling me. Sarah knocked on the dressing room door, asking if I was okay.Lydia's voice still echoed in my head. He'd given her everything he'd given me.When I finally emerged in my regular clothes, Blake was waiting by the door, scrolling through his phone. He looked up and smiled like nothing was wrong, "Ready to go?" he asked.I nodded, not trusting my voice.I stared out the window on the way home, feeling Ayla curl up small and wounded inside my chest. The seven-diamond necklace felt heavy around my throat. I wanted to rip it off and throw it into the woods.“He loves you,” Ayla whimpered. “He must still love you.”“Does he?” I thought back. “Or does he just love the idea of having a mate while he plays house with someone else?”She had no answer for that.Sin