ALESSA'S POV

The silence in the mansion was calming, but not in the comforting way. It was the kind of silence that echoed your thoughts back at you, louder than before. A silence that reminded you just how alone you were.

After everything that happened yesterday, the wedding, the crowd, the weight of vows I didn’t fully understand, and Michael’s eyes so cold they made my skin crawl, I barely slept.

When we returned last night, Disha had helped me out of the suffocating layers of my ...