First Rachel Took, and now this? How does someone just waltz in after eight freaking years to drop a bomb like, “Oh, by the way, you have a kid”?
Athena Winters knew exactly what she was doing. She couldn’t not know about Valerian and me. What was she trying to pull?
Whatever beauty she owned on her skin brought nothing but headache in me.
"Massaging the sides of my head, I let out a soft sigh as I listened to the faint sound coming from the radio, breaking the silence that had settled in the air."
"Ellie," Valerian said softly, his hands gripping the steering wheel, eyes darting toward me. He was trying to gauge my mood, but his voice betrayed him—he was nervous.
I get it, his past was a mess. But can I really blame those women when it’s Valerian Blackwood who was willing to bring th
