-Cecilia- I just stared at Nolan. Could I do anything else? I mean, the nerve the male had! How dare he come here and talk like that? Acting like I wanted him back. Acting like the bond I had with Lucian was nothing compared to what I once had with him. But I knew my bond with Lucian was much stronger. No, it did not make me lose my mind like it did with Nolan, but that was only good. My bond with Lucian was good, pure, and healthy. It pulsed like a steady heartbeat between us, constantly reassuring one another that we loved each other. I had never felt the same with Nolan. No, I only felt sick. Not at the beginning, of course, but shortly after, everything turned sour and I turned weaker because of it. Maybe it wasn’t so weird that I couldn’t carry my daughter to term. I had not been

