Victor POV
As soon as I reach my office, I step inside, locking the door behind me. My feet move of their own accord as I begin to pace. What the hell is the goddess thinking? I don't deserve a second chance. I couldn't protect Maddie. Besides, I could never betray her. She was meant to be my one and only. How could the goddess do this to me, to Maddie, and to that beautiful woman? The pain in her eyes made my heart ache in my chest.
I move across my office and open a cabinet I haven't opened in many years. I grab the decanter filled to the top with amber liquid. I grab a rock glass and pour two fingers' worth of whiskey. Normally, it wouldn't affect our kind, but my father had it mixed with a special elixir that affects us the same way alcohol affects humans. I quickly down the entire
