“Seraphina doesn’t have any effect on me.”
I laughed without humor. “Right.”
“Selene.”
“No, tell me something,” I stepped closer. “If she means nothing, why does her name always come up whenever we talk about why I left?”
Cain opened his mouth. Then, it closed it.
And that silence told me everything.
I shook my head. “Exactly.”
“That’s not what you think.”
“Then explain it to me.”
For a few seconds, neither of us spoke.
The evening breeze rustled through the trees around us. Finally, Cain dragged a hand through his hair.
“I brought up Seraphina because I thought she was one of the reasons you left.”
“One of the reasons.”
“Yes.”
I stared at him. “And what if I told you she wasn’t even the biggest reason?”
His brows furrowed. “What do you mean?”
“I needed time on my own,” I s
