Tory Nichols Season 5 Novels & Stories

Five years of marriage. Then I saw his post. “Happy fifth anniversary to my beautiful wife. Five years with you still feels like the beginning.”I smiled without even realizing it. Today is going to be a good day,I told myself. Damian and I had been married for five years. Five years of loving him, adjusting to him, building a life around him. He had been away on a business trip for months now, and I had been counting down the days to this one. He promised he would be available just this day and I believed him.

So no matter how hard I tried to win you, you never touched me. "Well, congratulations. You're free now." With that, I shut off my phone, leaned back in my seat in exhaustion, and drifted off to sleep. … Meanwhile, in Moon Goddess Church, Alaric surveyed the final decorations with a rare mix of tension and anticipation in his chest. Five years ago, he owed me a proper mating ceremony, courtesy of his mysophobia. He knew I had endured my fair share of hardship for the past five years. He'd planned to use our fifth anniversary as a chance to gather the pack and crown me as his only Luna in a grand mating ceremony everyone would remember.

“You’re acting like everything is my fault. What about you? You think you’re blameless?! Were you unhappy these past five years? Was Riley unhappy? You can’t have it all! So what if I wanted a child of my own? You’re the one who didn’t protect yourself. Who’s to blame for that?! “And now that your husband has run off, you’re taking it out on me? What, you think that makes you loyal or something? Cut the act!” Xena’s face turned red from rage. Her hand trembled as she pointed at the door. “Get out. I never want to see you again!” Riley was terrified as he clung to her leg. “Mommy, I’m scared…”