-Madeleine-
“You’re not really leaving, are you?”
Evan stopped just at the end of the stairs. He barely glanced back at me, his dark eyes meeting mine only briefly before he turned away. Maybe I shouldn’t have followed him. Maybe I should have stayed away, but how could I?
“Evan?”
“You need to reject me,” he said darkly.
“W-What?”
“Remember what you promised me?”
I was confused for a moment, still processing his words. Then I slowly nodded, realizing he couldn’t see me. I said, “Yes, but you haven’t hurt me.”
“Not yet, but soon I will no longer be welcome here. I will be on my own, and I will be judged for what I have to do…”
“But you don’t!” I yelled.
“I do!”
He turned around, and I didn’t recognize the person standing before me. This was not the man I had fallen for.
“Stay.
