As we continue our journey to the blood oak pack, Alec and I do not say anything to each other, we do not even look at ourselves. The car is mostly silent, except for the soft pop music playing from the car stereo and Ria humming along at intervals. I steal a look at Alec, his head is thrown back and his eyes are closed. I stare longer than I want to, wishing I had some form of magic power to know what’s going on in his head. The words he said earlier cut deep, deeper than I want to admit but I can’t even be mad at him because he’s right but not that I’m weak and spineless but that I let another woman tear my marriage in two before it even began. I did that but the only reason I didn’t object so hard was because….because I thought fate was giving me a chance to be with him. “I can fe

