All Chapters of Dying Was Easier Than Loving Him: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Amelia's POV“Amelia?”The voice was a distant, tiny, fuzzy mosquito buzzing somewhere in the fog of my brain. I was underwater and the doctor’s words were stones sinking past me, too heavy and dark to grab onto.“Amelia, are you still with me?”Boom…! The surface broke. The sound of his voice snapped into sharp horrifying focus. My vision cleared and I was back in the stupidly cheerful room, staring at Doctor Evans.“Sorry,” I croaked. “My brain just… took a vacation for a second. What was that last part? Something about a… tourist?”“A tumor,” he corrected gently, and oh yeah, that was way worse. “I’m sorry, Amelia. The scans show a glioblastoma. It’s… it’s very aggressive. Located in a precarious spot.”I just blinked. This had to be a joke.. a really really bad one. I half-expected my stepsister Gabriella to pop out from behind the anatomical chart yelling, “Surprise, bitch!” That would be more her style.“Okay,” I said, drawing the word out. “Aggressive. Precarious. So… what’s

Amelia's POVI stopped dead on the sidewalk. The street was empty, just me and a flickering streetlight that was putting in about as much effort as Damian did in our marriage.“Alright, you creepy fuck!” I yelled into the dark. My voice sounded braver than I felt, which was good. “Show your fucking face! Let’s get this over with!”Nothing. Just the wind whistling through a nearby alley like it was laughing at me. The silence was somehow worse. My badass bravado evaporated, leaving behind the cold, hard truth.. I was a weak, probably-dying human girl, alone at night. My only defense was a set of divorce papers and a smart mouth. Not great against, you know, a werewolf.“Shit,” I muttered.I picked up the pace, my stupid, impractical shoes clip-clopping on the pavement like a panicked pony. Then I saw it.. a beacon of shitty hope.. a lit-up sign that said ‘The Howling Moon Pub.’ Classy. I didn’t care. It had people and light and right now, that was a five-star resort.I practically dov