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.

question whether I would simply up and leave for such a selfish reason. I was not a

pulled together, confused.

to piece it together. My

Elva had

he said. “Your

I nodded.

she would also

out. He looked at me as if seeing me for the first time. “Elva is your

part. The rest I could

crowd. She became tangled up

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

for

the desperation in her voice as she had begged me,

me,” Nicholas said. “I

couldn’t involve you in this. You are nobility

said, straightening. “I loved you, and you were hurting.

was involved in.” I

you safe.”

my chin and gently coaxed me to look at him again. I had thought

held only concern. When he

who was keeping you

both knew the answer.

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