Talia's POV

I walked as fast as my legs could carry. I didn't hope to meet anyone else. Seeing Vance shamelessly turned me on. Hearing his voice for the first time in a very long while really did something.

At that moment, a silly part of me wished I could tell him the whole thing and he'd apologize and be sorry for what he did, kill Nadia and Landon, and we'd have a happily ever after.

But even I knew that it wasn't logical. I felt that way for him because he was my first love. Up until about eleven months ago, I had known no other man. Sad to...