LOGIN~Evangeline~
Serena's behavior was completely strange. She was nervous, almost panicked, as she quickly grabbed the torn fabric of my shirt and pulled it back up to cover my shoulder.![]()
~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
MARGARETThe nurses fawned as I showed them the bag of imported chocolates and pictures of jewelry.“This is beautiful,” one of them whispered, staring at a picture of a necklace with a rose quartz gemstone in the middle. “It must have cost a fortune.”“It did,” I said casually. “My boyfriend is ve
MARGARETPride swelled in me as I watched Evangeline drive off.Finally, Alex had chosen me.I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried that he’d correct the sales woman. My heart pounded in fear and worry with each second they spent arguing. They whispered the entire time they argued, so I couldn’t h
EVANGELINEI was fucking furious.Every fiber of my being was screaming and thrumming with rage. How dare he kiss me? How dare he try to make a move after how terribly he treated me? He’d made it his sole mission to treat me like shit and he had the audacity to actually kiss me?What the fuck was h
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







