LORETTA

I didn't hear him come in.

The rest of the day had passed in a blur of work and replying to some messages from Celeste, which only served to remind me that every passing day brought me closer to being Elion Fitzpatrick's wife

Not fiancée, but Wife.

There was still so much I could not make sense of, the Vortex and what it was, why he had to marry because of it, and then there was the issue of his true bride

The actual woman Elion had wanted to marry, the one he had chosen before I ruined that life for him. I tried not to think too much...