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.

up and leave for such a selfish reason. I was not a good enough actor for

pulled

he seemed to piece it together. My constant

Elva had already been

said.

I nodded.

she would also

smoothed out. He looked at me as if seeing me for the first time.

The rest I could nove

the wrong crowd. She became tangled up in a series of

She’d broken contact with me a few

for

the desperation in her voice as she

Nicholas said.

involve you in this. You are nobility –”

loved you, and you were hurting. I should have

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

you safe.”

coaxed me to look

but his eyes held only concern.

keeping

knew the answer. no

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