Chapter Twelve

Bec POV

I don't know how many days I've been in bed since Connor left. My body felt depleted after coming off the Aconite Leland injected me with. But most importantly I felt deep sadness, I was completely alone again. Why did everyone have to leave me? First my father then Dorian they didn’t get a choice in the matter unfortunately their abrupt absences from my life were permanent but Connor? He had a choice and he chose to leave.

His choice to leave tore at a part of my being that confused the hell out of me and had me not only questioning everything between us over the last month or so but also my entire marriage. Of course I enjoyed being around my husband, But the way I felt around Connor it was like he slowly woke up apart of myself I didn't know was there. I felt different, and I was exhausted because of it. It was obvious I held some kind of emotional feelings for him. We had grown close since Dorian passed, Or so I thought. He wanted to leave because I would