I’ve been working for hours and my eyes feel like burnt-out coals in their sockets. After the debacle at Cyrille’s, I took Paige back home and went to Orion. I was hoping work would take the sting out of the grief sitting heavy on my chest.
Watching Cyrille process as her lone flicker of hope for love after Maksim was snuffed out… It was a difficult thing to witness. Her words and her icy rage are still ringing in my head, echoing endlessly.
All I could think about was, I can’t let this happen to Paige.
This war has taken too much from my family. Losing Maksim tore a hole in my chest that will never heal. But losing Paige? Losing our children? It would take something from me, something essential that I’d never get back.
I can’t let that happen.
Sighing, I shove back from my desk and c
