nor
a stranger's hotel room. It was beautiful, but it had never held any
he essentials. A few changes of clothes. My laptop
they were all things the Campbells had given m
in, her face frantic. The earlier scorn w
rm. Her nails dug into my skin. "Marry Alaric Charle
ce flat. "Isn't that what you wanted?
her. "You're just doing this to g
nd final and sharp in the quiet roo
aiting in the hallway,
said, his face dark with anger. "As your
him off, my voice like ic
m and started down the
y path. His expression was a pathet
arm. "Don't do this just to spite me. I know yo
t, the most ridiculous
into his face. "Fix this? Ewing, you didn't mi
r the venom in my words. "Do you honestly believe Alaric C
new Alaric's reputation. He knew the man'
ast him to Kayla, who was watching us from the top of the
isterly affection. "Don't look so angry
The trash I threw out? You get to keep it. I
h. I saw the flash of humiliation in Ewing's eyes, t
he stairs, one deliberate step at a time, the sound o
f rage and disbelief from Warren and Martha.
e front door. The cool night a
curb, its headlights cutting thr
ck one last time at the gilded cage tha
sadness, no nosta
into the night, an
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