Chapter 78

Desiree. I stood before the ceiling-to-floor window in the living room watching the night grow darker under the moonlight’s gaze. If this was the last time I’d get to be with Maddox then this was certainly the most cruel way to part ways with each other. My chest heaved up and down in a heavy manner as a shaky exhale left me. Our life was bound to drown in an ocean of complications but I didn’t expect it to be so soon. Why couldn’t life just give us some more time? Why did this nightmare have to start manifesting when things were starting to get rosy between us? Another sigh escaped my breath but the bubbles of anxiety didn’t cease springing up in my chest. If only my heart could be at peace just like the night was but how could I when I was so far away from my mate? All that troubled my mind was how Hunter had knocked him unconscious into the ground earlier today. It still burned, reliving that memory. I’ve always known Hunter was a force to be reckoned with but never did I think he