C45 Stay back

ALARIC

The hardest thing I’d ever had to do in this wretched existence wasn’t turning my back on Sophie, or keeping the truth of my family’s sins buried, or even living centuries in silence.

It was standing by, watching Sydney laugh at Andy’s texts.

I’d told myself a thousand times that it didn’t matter. That she was nothing but a spoiled brat who’d barged into my life like a hurricane