nor
p me here
hour diner. I needed a place to think, a neutral cor
ed vinyl cool against my skin. The waitres
offee,"
come shock to my system, grounding me in the present.
s ago. A r
, leaving me stranded in a cold, cavernous warehouse to recount thousands of units by myself. The rain waout when the wareh
Ewing C
ove me to the hospital. He stayed with me, his pre
ll in love with him. He
I th
to her friends. She was the one who had called Ewing that night, te
ushed over
elt a desperate girl clinging to his jacket. He assumed that girl w
He fell in love with t
ust a s
re, a lie I'd told myself to keep the fairy ta
truly chosen. Not by my family, not by the man I thought I loved. I was alw
o next. He'd find another alliance, another family to marry
o save
he black depths of my coffee cup,
airport lounge. The one wi
c Cha
arles family. A man so formidable, even my
reclusive, and supposedly repulsed by the scent of a
could offer him a dea
e. The thought of them having to greet me with deference, with respect, sent
wouldn't dare touch my position at Northwood. I could fin
A terrifying, h
nothing le
he flood of missed calls and angry te
livan. My
button. She picked
god, are you ok
ear, forged in the fire of my newfoun
ng. Wha
thing you know about Alaric
nce on the other end of
, sleeping city. A flame of determination
m going to
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