Chapter 22

Kara

I looked in the mirror one last time, taking a deep breath. Mum had just left, and I knew dad would be here to fetch me soon. The news mum had left me with circles over and over in my mind. What did I want?

I added the necklace Elio had given me to wear for our wedding. It was a three tiered silver chain with rubies on it. It was beautiful, but right now it felt like a choke hold threatening to send me over the edge.

I walked to my balcony overlooking the Crimson Moon pack. It was magnificent I had adjusted to the heat and the endless sand dunes that layout before me. I looked down the castle, seeing one of the gardens was in use for our ceremony. A fairy tale wedding, by all accounts. Only I felt as if I was drowning, unable to catch my breath.

Elio … I don’t know what he was and I don’t know how I feel about him. I said I hated him, but even then, I knew that wasn’t true. I disliked him, of course, for forcing me into this, but the reality is there is only one person who for