Scarlett's Shadow: A Broken Man's Redemption

felt cold and h

actly twelve hours, tossed her

of plans

d. The word felt foreign, a

s already pulling a sleek black dress from her suitcase. "Something b

an. The guy whose smile

," I said, my voice s

a fly she had to swat away. "This is the honeymoon, Liam. My world. Mill

I was just

to the Millers. In exchange, they took me in, raised me alongside their perfect daughte

worthy. This wedding was supposed to be the culmination of that. A public

er pack for a business trip with another man on our

myself say. "O

always did. I agreed. I

t pronounce. Mud, cheap beer, and the tense energy of a comi

moter. Scarlett stood beside him, a queen surveying a cr

anted to

the crowd, a ripple of anger that quickly became

elled over the noise, g

ff. "Dylan, ge

g. "This way, Scarlett.

trying to keep up. A bottle shattered near my head. The sou

, wait!"

lation. Dylan grabbed her hand and pulled her t

to me, knocking me to the muddy ground. I looked up, gasping for ai

were

lef

rt, my entire life was in the hote

swallowed