react, Chloe Davis

clinging to Logan' s ar

cial, cut through the sudden

ation was insta

an, her hand posses

d, charming smile that never reac

power couple, radiat

hloe was just a p

I knew she was a willing pawn

as a familiar ta

oyed he

noticed me s

and assessing

asked, his tone dismissive, as if

expected me to sho

at home, cryi

locket, Logan," I said

t was in my

e desperate ple

as a d

rise? – crossed his face before his mask

that

a dismiss

idn't react as expected, he' d

to speak, her voice drip

an this old

hed a silver lock

d, gleaming under th

t was just some trinket he foun

littered w

filled

ocket?" I confronted Logan,

could

d left of my mom, of her

n sc

tic, Ava. It's jus

d out hi

e. A better one. Diamo

money cou

e could fix

yes, tears of fury

r's!" I cried ou

her picture and my dad's... it' s all I ha

t for him to understand the depth o

at me, his expr

Unfe

d he be

feel

heart beating in

he man I' d given five years

e air in the ballroom

to g

the weight of his c

to escape, to put

, wa

voice fol

a stupid, tr

ing to apologize? T

foolish hope I could

ly, a

re

of the smaller ones decorating a s

r Chloe, who stood froz

tively,

an was

loe out of the way wi

in my direction, thoug

looked like genuine panic

hose

a second

falling chandeli

ough me as metal and cr

ting my head hard ag

room

saw Logan cradling Chloe

't look

care that

ared abou

I ever thin

kness c

n a sterile

osp

bbed, my arm

s al

se, I w

se ca

Logan had br

dear," she said, patt

as you were waking up, he said he had to

ic? F

me might be exposed if

ed for a second died

tain his image

one see him genuine

even

ways a pe