I knew something was wrong the moment Dane stopped looking at me the way he used to.
It wasn’t sudden. Nothing ever is. It was gradual, and it was something enough that no one else would notice, but I did.
It was never like that before.
The way his eyes were too long on nothing, like his mind was elsewhere.
The way he uttered my name left his lips different from the way it used to be.
The way he no longer reached for me in the quiet hours of the night.
I noticed everything.
And I hated it.
I stood by the tall window in my chambers, my fingers around the velvet curtain.
I just stared out into the estate. The sky was dull, gray clouds gathering like a storm was coming.
It was on the verge of breaking.
Dane had changed.
No, someone had changed him.
My jaw tightened at the thoug
