"How could that be? She loved me so much," Kyran demanded, all the while staring at the papers in his hands, speaking as though he could not believe what he saw.
But those words cut through Vespera like a shard of broken glass. Aside from being Elestria's agent, she considered herself to have been Elestria's closest friend for twenty years.
Yes, Vespera was far more than just Elestria's manager. From the quiet streets of her hometown to the bright lights of Crown Bay, she had been her helper, her guide, her trusted friend, and the one who had stood by her, steady and true, through everything.
"You leaned all your weight on her love for you, certain she would never leave, and that is exactly why you hurt her, again and again and again!" she yelled.
If the look in Vespera's eyes had been
