The Scandalous Step Siblings: First Enemies, Then Lovers
I had called him a hollow vessel and a man who had sold his soul for a standing ovation, but I realized now how wrong I had been.
"Because I wanted to see how the song ended," I said, my voice barely a whisper as I looked back at him. "And I realized I didn't want to read about the ending in someone else's column or see it on the news. I wanted to be the one who knew the truth, even if the truth was ugly."
Kai reached out, his hand trembling as he found my face, his skin feeling rough and hot against my cheek as he touched me with a tentative, desperate kind of hunger. "The truth is a very hard thing to live with, Anya."