e route. Right now, I was curled up on the mak

ed Ed try to convince me to go to the annual bal

glaring at him. "You c

rious" he said in a firm voice, not backing down from my glare. "You need to ma

ith anger as I watched him drop the inv

don't have a choice, Sky. I would ring S

hering to ask me if I was good. I mean X

tly. I needed a break from all the lies and d

wake up in the morning and bask in nature while I

ucking Tanya's, I clenched my jaw tightly,

palm, running my hands ag

, my mind travelling down several lanes as I gently traced my name t

al Manha

this event, I would have been giddy with excitement

a shaky sigh, my hands stilling ov

stomach churn incessantly. I could already taste their deceit at the tip of my tongue, but I needed

ne setback put m

ier and his musketeers that I wasn't broken

ould never

e mud in ways I couldn't comprehend. Headlines twisted certain stories, painting me as the bad guy, social media tu

eks trying to put out

r And

thing in my entire world. The man who

ed for my phone, the chime of my notificati

be there in t

y hands through my hair. The tangled m

ust outside my door, shar

lled out, trying to pick out

ce that greeted me, a huge scowl pai

h another problem. At least not now, not when I was bar

came through, s

?" I asked, m

vier, he

ould already feel a migrai

on my emotions, but I wasn't g

nity, my nails digging into the wood. "Tha

es. And he's not stopping Sk

d turne

oming for me without even missing

ing a damn fu

, trying to steady my b

ky

ph, I can't afford to go

h. But I was done being weak if Xavier was hell bent on ruining my lif

f flesh, and I was going to make s

gets here" I said in a voice,

ith all the deceits, the lies, the.

leave, his shoulder slumped

her had dropped the other day, my hands shaking slightly as I couldn't fin

ve time to fall

t to walk straight