Ayda’s POV

When I awoke, it was still dark, and so too, were my thoughts.

If things had been different…

If things had been different, if things had worked like the stories, then I would have been with Sebastian that night in Twilight Tavern and not his brother. It would have been Sebastian I would have given my maidenhood to and not… not to his brother. Sullied. A moment of puddle deep lust and nothing more.

If things had been ...