THIS IS A DUAL POV CHAPTER! THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE OF THIS IN THIS BOOK SO ENJOY!

NIRELLE

I laugh, not the deep kind, but one that is very shallow because this has to be a joke. I can't remember the last time I heard myself laughing so even the sound of it felt shallow to me. He looks at me and I expect him to join me, but he crosses his hand over his body as if he were waiting for me to stop making a fool out of myself first.

"Wait," I stop and wipe the tear that had somehow found its way ...