The television screen had gone black hours ago, but the image of Julian and Chloe kissing in Harper’s restaurant was still burned into her retinas. She sat on the edge of the plush, velvet sofa in Silas’s penthouse, her hands trembling as she stared at the empty glass coffee table.

"You can’t stay

The silence in the penthouse was deafening after the chaos of the gala.

Harper paced the length of the massive living room, her emerald silk gown swishing violently against the hardwood floor. Her heart was beating so fast she felt lightheaded. The flashes of the cameras, the look of absolute shoc

"By the power vested in me by the state, I now pronounce you husband and wife."

The magistrate’s voice echoed off the cold, marble walls of the private chambers. It was a sterile, windowless room, utterly devoid of the warmth or joy typically associated with a wedding. There were no flowers, no mu