136 Chapter 136

Seraphina’s POV 1

I stood at the bus stop three blocks from our house. My hands were shaking. My whole body was shaking.

What the hell did I just do?

The bus wasn’t coming for another fifteen minutes. I kept looking back down the street, toward our neighborhood. Toward the house

where Lily was sleeping in her crib, not knowing her mother just walked out on her.

My throat burned. I wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn’t come. It was like my body had shut down completely.

*Move, I told myself. *You wrote the letter. You made the choice. Now move.*

But where was I supposed to go?

I hadn’t thought about that part. I’d been so focused on leaving, on doing the right thing, that I never planned what came next. Now I

was standing here like an idiot at a bus stop, with nowhere to go and no idea what to do.

The small bag in my hand felt impossibly heavy. Just a few clothes, some cash I’d saved up, my phone. Everything I owned now fit in one

little overnight bag.

I couldn’t go to Ophelia’s. That would be the first place Damien looked. And Ophelia would take one look at me and demand answers.

She’d probably call Damien herself once she found out what I’d done.

were still out

does a human woman with no plan

phone buzzed. My heart jumped

*Damien.*

it was just

way to be sure I wouldn’t answer when he called. Because

was weak like that.

twist into knots. He was probably reading it right now. Probably

Probably realizing I

him. Now he didn’t have to pretend I was

on, dropping my fare into the slot. The driver barely looked at me.

pressed my face against the window. The bus pulled away

everything I’d ever loved.

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136 Chapter 136

I had our first date. Past the park where Adrian learned to

gave

so normal.

I wanted to scream.

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further from my children. My chest felt like someone

telling myself. *This is the

didn’t feel right.

the next stop because I couldn’t breathe anymore. The

town I didn’t

small diner and ordered coffee. The waitress was human.

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