Elowen's POV
I rushed to the corridor and pressed my back against the wall and stood there for a moment with my eyes closed and the sound of the dining room still reaching me through the door, Rowena's voice, Corinna's laugh, the clink of cutlery.
Faint traces of tears ran down my cheeks and I took long deep breaths to stop myself from crying further as I made my way upstairs.
Upstairs I sat on the edge of the bed and watched the light leave the sky. The trees were gone from beyond the window and the horizon lay flat and pale and very wide.
I had cried enough.
I had thrown myself at him enough.
I had made every embarrassing mistake available to me and he had watched it all and instead of pulling out, he moved the engagement forward.
Talia had said maybe he's already fallen but can't
