Noel’s POV
When Cara invited me over to talk to her, I knew that now was the time to take my shot once and for all. With the strain between Alaric and Cara that I had seen during my brief visit to her house that night, this seemed to be my only opportunity.
My plan was to hear out whatever Cara wanted to ask me, and then confess. The plan branched from there depending on what she said, but I had some hope. It wasn’t a lot of hope, guessing how she and Alaric felt about each other. But some hope remained.
I clung onto it with both hands.
Cara answered her door, smiling at me, and let me into her house. We didn’t say a word to each other, and that tension seemed to be too much.
I broke from my plan, swiveled to her right there in the hallway, and said, “Cara, I love you.”
I couldn’t ho
