LOGINALEXANDER
Shock and shame filled me at Margaret’s words.
~EVA~Five years.I keep thinking about that number because it genuinely does not feel like five years, it feels like we blinked and suddenly we have a five year old daughter who argues with her father about everything and a two year old son who has already figured out that smiling at people gets him whatever he wants, and somehow this became my life, and I am still getting used to how good it feels.
~NICHOLAS~I have been cool under pressure my entire life.Board meetings where millions were on the line, pack challenges where the outcome changed everything, conversations that could have gone sideways in a hundred different directions, I have sat through all of it without my hands shaking once, and I was genuinely proud of that track record.
~EVA~Sarah took my hand and walked me up to the platform, and I want to be very clear that my legs were doing the absolute bare minimum to keep me upright because everything from the last twenty minutes had my entire nervous system in shambles.The emcee stepped aside when Sarah reached the microphone, and the room, which had been buzzing with chaos from everything that had just gone down, went gradually quieter as people clocked that s
~EVA~One second Margaret was mid-air coming straight for me, half shifted, fur rippling up her arms and her face being absolutely horrifying, and the next second Nicholas was just there, between us, and his arm went forward, and Margaret dropped.My brain genuinely did not process it fast enough and I just stood there like a complete idiot with my mouth open while the entire banquet hall went so quiet I could hear the chandelier humming above us.
~MARGARET~Sarah suddenly stepped forward, and my chest tightened immediately because she had that dangerous look on her face again.“Enough,” she commanded, and the entire ballroom went quiet again. “Margaret has lied long enough.”I laughed instantly because what else was I supposed to do?
~MARGARET~My jaw hurt from smiling, one that made me want to rip these fake lashes off, throw my bouquet at someone’s head, and walk straight out of the ballroom barefoot.The guests were still whispering about the fight.Of course they were.Half the
NICHOLASIt was pathetic how quickly I drove to a bar after my argument with Evangeline.I tried to pretend it didn’t bother me, I smiled at the chief when he asked why she left abruptly, I pretended to know nothing, but as soon as I left, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Perhaps I’d been a bit h
EVANGELINE“Eva, wait!”I ignored the sound of someone yelling my name and headed straight for the gate. I didn’t drive here, so I didn’t have a way to go back home, but I didn’t care. I just needed to get away from Nicholas as quickly as possible.It was like every single time I thought things wer
EVANGELINEThat night, I was shocked by how lonely I was.I hadn’t lived alone in my entire life. I lived with grandma, then Nicholas, and as soon as I was married, I lived with Alex. Being in a new house was a brand new feeling for me, and I was stunned by how silent and lonely it was.I could bar
EVANGELINEFor the first few minutes after he left, I couldn’t bring myself to speak.I stood there, staring at the door he disappeared through, and a distressed Margaret crouched on the ground. She hadn’t moved since he left either. I think we were both too shocked to process that happened.Hurrie







