~Nadia
I ran inside the house, ran across the sitting room, heading toward the staircase. I didn't even have anywhere in mind. I didn't know where I was going.
I just needed to get out of that suffocating environment.
I needed to cry myself out. To feel the lesser weight of watching my mate with someone else, just because I decided to keep us a secret.
My chest heaved, tears trickling down my cheeks in an endless spring.
Nobody was there. Only the scent of food and flowers and the warmth of light.
Everybody loved that evening. They were all outside enjoying it to the fullest. Even Lucian.
He didn't even care to look at my face, he was just…having fun with another woman.
I was midway in the staircase when I paused, staggered to the wall and slammed my back there. My body shook with
