The Inevitable

I stood barefoot in the kitchen, humming softly as I turned the bacon over, glancing at the clock on the stove. It was still early; Kairn and Skye were both still asleep.

Cinder had been rather surprised when I texted her the night before and told her to take the day off. I wanted to be the one to ...

Chapters

1. Tyranni

2. The Ring

3. Sentencing

4. Lashing

5. Bad News

6. The Accident

7. Lilacs

8. Cornered

9. The Bonfire

10. Vulnerable

11. Cantenol

12. My Truth

13. The Drive Home

14. The Hard Truth

15. Rescued

16. Your Father is a Criminal

17. Dismissed

18. The Smell of You in My Sheets

19. The Proposal

20. The Rejection

21. Last Night with Nana

22. Contracts

23. Naiveté

24. Heavy Goodbyes

25. Lovers and Wives

26. Left Behind

27. A New Home

28. Clove

29. Hard Pills To Swallow

30. Home Again

31. Found

32. Ashes

33. Limbo

34. Poppy

35. Voyeurism

36. "I don't need anything from you, Skye!"

37. Injury

38. Obviously Broken

39. Aversion to Nudity

40. Apprehension

41. Nana's Betrayal

42. Shifted

43. Aftereffects

44. A Different Kind of Bath

45. Skye's Choice

46. Sudden Shift

47. Uncertainty

48. Worries

49. The Morning Of

50. Anticipation

51. Beneath the Moon

52. Lucid

53. Skye's Night

54. Afterglow

55. Kairn's Morning

56. Extended Offer

57. "You have responsibilities that come before me."

58. Too Close For Comfort

59. One Last Hug

60. Spiraling

61. Pleasant Distractions

62. Small Setbacks

63. Shadows

64. Invitation

65. Exhibition

66. Hunted

67. Useless

68. The Gala

69. Mistake

70. Regret

71. Nana's Final Words

72. Facing the Music

73. Rainfall

74. Jars of Poison

75. Pushed Boundaries

76. Reassurances

77. A New Experience

78. Lingering Threats

79. Know Your Place

80. Blue Skye

81. Newfound Intimacy

82. The Inevitable

83. Hell Broken Loose

84. Captive

85. Spilled Truths

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