Nicholas had never met my twin, but I had definitely talked about her when he and I had been dating. I was constantly worried about her, and she would sneak out into my conversations without even meaning

  1. to.

Ever since we were kids, she was getting in trouble. Maybe she was too free–spirited. Maybe she was an adrenaline junkie. I’d never been sure. But she chased danger like she was invincible. It was only a matter

of time before she caught it

Or it caught her.

Under the bright moonlight, I watched the shifts in Nicholas’s expression as he thought it through.

That I had left him to be with someone else had been the most obvious answer for my sudden

departure. He had convinced himself it was true because it made the most sense

But I couldn’t help but wonder if deep down, he doubted.

We had been very much in love for all of our time together. We clicked fast and fell hard. For a long time,

I thought he might be the one.

He knew that. He felt it too.

and leave for such a selfish reason. I

pulled together,

it together. My

up, Elva

he said. “Your twin.”

I nodded.

just like you. So she would also

seeing me for

At femid, in part. The rest

crowd. She became tangled up in

her pregnant and alone. She’d broken contact with me a few times but when

for

she had begged me, “Piper, I

said. “I would

couldn’t involve you in this. You are

were hurting. I should have been there

been… tarnished with any of the things she was involved in.” I lowered my head, afraid he might see the lingering feelings on my face. “I wanted to

you safe.”

his index finger under my chin and gently coaxed me to look

eyes held only concern. When he spoke, his voice was

keeping

both knew the answer. no

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