The Evening Before D-Day

Ciara's POV

I left because I couldn’t bear the thought of being betrayed again. I believed Wade’s love for me would endure, that it would stand the test of time, but it didn’t. And I soon realized that avoiding the pain didn’t make it any less real. The bond Wade and I share is powerful, far deeper than anything I ever had with Jace.

What made it worse this time was that the bond was mutual. With Jace, I was the only one marked; he had refused to let me mark ...