SORAYA The words had hit me like a tire iron straight to the face and I felt like I had lost my wits as I did nothing but sit opposite of Xaden, smiling to myself. Even from a mile away, Celeste was still able to manipulate and get us to do exactly what she wanted. If I wasn’t so incensed at the whole situation, I would have applauded her, for her unrelenting schemes and machinations. Even when I thought I had won, it was all an illusion and while I was playing checkers, she had been playing chess the entire time. I looked over at Xaden who was already looking like a shadow of his former self. He had been cooped up in his office all week and drinking himself senseless, it was all making sense now. He’d had to make an impossible choice and whichever way he went, he was still getting the short end of the stick.“So what now?” I asked finally. “I just pack my things and leave?”“I don’t see any other way out of this mess Soraya.” “And you haven’t been able to find a way to get a perm
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