Evelyn POV
I wake early to my phone ringing next to my bed. It is on silent, and I can just make out the vibrating sound. I ignore it, not feeling like talking, and figure it must be one of Thaddeus’ family members.
Stretching, I sit upright. The events of the past twenty-four hours hit me almost instantly. Thaddeus sits in the armchair at the end of the bed, staring off into space. Ryland is asleep beside Orion and me; I have no idea where his mind is, but he isn’t in the room.
Lana is dead. My only family is now gone, and I just can’t wrap my head around it; it is like a bad dream. Thaddeus is still as a statue; he doesn’t move as I stand up, completely lost in his thoughts. I take my phone and look at the screen. Five missed calls from Lana. At the sight, my heart clenches. She wil
