Elena
I had not seen or spoken to Alice in weeks. Since coming back to life, I had no interest in continuing to make an effort for a woman who would harass and abuse me whenever she could.
My intentions had been to never see her again, something I thought she would enjoy. But now here she was, reaching out to me.
“What could she possibly want from me?” I found myself saying, hearing the exasperation in my voice.
“Are you going to answer it?”
I looked up at Killian, and at first all I could see was his lips. He still had one hand on my thigh.
I blushed as I took in the rest of the earnest look on his face. I was reminded that he had his own relationship with Alice, and it was so different from mine. Did he know how awful she was to me when I was young? Did he just look the other w
