*Tallon*

“How could I have been such an idiot?” I muttered under my breath.

I’d finally forced myself to leave Natalia’s apartment. It took every nerve inside of me to leave her behind, knowing that she was a mess of tears.

She’d told me her story, but was I willing to believe it? After everything that I found out, it became too difficult to decipher between truth and deceit.

“How could I not have seen this coming?” I huffed. ...