Evadne is Dead

"Percival, what you're doing is illegal..."

"Evadne, do you even know me?" Percival asked.

She'd known Percival for years, knew he was vengeful, and knew he never cared about the law.

Evadne trembled, watching him come closer. Her body was already shaking from the cold, and now she was shaking like a leaf in the wind, ready to break at any moment.

Her bloodshot eyes stared at the cold man, "Percival, after these seven years, do you have no feelings for me at all?"

"Feelings?" Percival laughed like he'd heard a joke, "Do you need me to remind you how you got these seven years? Evadne, you tricked me. I just used you as a stand-in."

Just like Eulalia, who loved the boy who gave her a string of candied haws and carried her home over a decade ago. He wasn't that boy, but he was willing to be a stand-in. Unfortunately, Eulalia wouldn't even give him that chance.

Who was a stand-in for whom, and who truly loved whom?

"Percival, your love is so cheap. I stayed with you for years but can't co