Serena froze for a heartbeat before snapping back to reality, shrieking hysterically at his back.
"Do you think I don't know who she is? She's your lawful wife, isn't she? I recognized her at first sight! If you go to her today, we're done! And don't you dare think about reclaiming those five children!"
Threats rained down, one after another.
Owen's steps faltered momentarily. But it was just a brief hesitation. In the end, he stormed out without looking back.
Behind him, Serena's wails grew ever more piercing, yet not a syllable reached his ears.
Only one voice remained in his mind.
'Jane.'
The images surged up frame by frame from the deepest recesses of his memory, slicing at his heart like blades.
During those most agonizing nights when he was burning with fever, it was Jane who
