Chapter 20

Eva

We sat beside each other in the car, and I was reminded of the first time I was inside one with him.

Goddess, I felt so miserable that day. Being taken away from my home after the chapel burned was not a memory I’d forget anytime soon.

I didn’t look at him. Even so, I could easily tell whenever he looked at me, and how long his gaze lingered. I was glad that my dress was so modest, mostly because I was comfortable in it. I knew he wouldn’t be looking at…certain parts of my body. I was convinced that it would make me feel worse.

He could stare at my face without the veil—that, I could take—but he couldn’t stare at my body.

We left the house behind, and were driving through a lone road. The forest surrounded the area around us entirely, and I couldn’t see anything apart from trees, which made me wonder where we were going.

I figured that his pack couldn’t be the few people who lived in the house; there had to be more people. Was that where we were going now?

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