The days seemed to pass in a blur after I found out about Ethan‘s secret plan. And as much as I wanted to lay here day after day and cry my eyes out—

I couldn’t.

Vicky and I had talked things over since I told her what I knew. She told me she wouldn’t say anything to Talon, but I had a feeling she did, because Talon stopped coming to check on me, and when I did pass him, he wouldn’t look me in the eye anymore.

“Rosalie?” Georgia’s voice intoned softly as she walked into my ...