Thalia wasn’t thinking at all, she couldn’t. Her mind was blurry, her heartbeat pounding against her chest like a drum gone mad.

All she knew was that the nightmare she thought she’d escaped years ago was happening again.

The same betrayal.

The same heart ache.

The same cruel twist of fate.

Her hands trembled as she fumbled with her car keys.

“No, not again,” she whispered, her voice cracking. She sniffed, trying to swallow the pain clawing at her throat.

But hell! Why shouldn’t she cry? Why shouldn’t she fall apart when everything inside her was breaking? The tears came fast and hot, streaming down her cheeks.

She slipped into...