“Engaged?” I gape at my older sister, whose tear-filled brown eyes are as joyful as I’ve ever seen them. “I was only gone for one night!” I came upstairs in search of Gia the minute Zeno dropped me off at home. I’d wanted to tell her everything that had gone on, but it turns out she had news to share as well. Gia laughs with a sniffle and gazes down at the exquisite diamond on her finger. “I know! It’s all happened so quickly.” “I suppose you’ve sorted out the whole debacle with him disappearing then?” I hadn’t pushed for an explanation. I’d been preoccupied, and she’d hardly been home since Carter came back from the city. “Definitely. He explained everything—that his feelings for me were growing, but he was worried he would be strapping me down with kids when I’m younger than him. He thou
