t mirrored the storm inside her. By the time she got hom

ll Julian, a last, desperate instinct she couldn't suppress. The call went to voicemai

een in before, but a different one. A kind-faced ma

neumonia, Miss Tucker. You we

hadn't come. He h

she turned it on, it was flooded with mes

eria. A selfie of them holding hands, a diamond bracelet on Estelle' s

d he only proposed to you out of pity. He said your scars cr

"Julian took me to see the wedding venue today. He said this is the dres

ng on a cliff overlooking the ocean, the spot where the w

ian' s voice said, clear

old emptiness. The love she had harbored for him, the stubborn, resilient love that

e him anymore. She felt

g, looking refreshed and happy. The time

noticing her for the firs

she said, her v

my family' s estate tomorrow until the wedding. It' s more secure. Oh, and Estell

in her wedding party. The au

ed down at her

his voice. He couldn' t understand why she wasn' t

said. "I' m

She was complet

tate. A sprawling, gothic mansion that had

tone steps. She ran to the car as they pulled up,

tate swung open, and Ember wa