*Daphne*

Daphne hadn’t realized that she was holding on to Alistair’s hand as though it were the only thing keeping her from drifting away. The moment she stood there alone at the altar, reality appeared to have finally set in.

Rowan was not coming.

Her body was pulsing with a series of emotions that were all fighting for first place. Oh God, how in the hell was she ever going to live something like this down?

There she stood in the ...