Emily Reyes POV

(China, Marco Junior Apartment)

A dark-haired young woman with innocent features slid a key into its lock, confident that the device would turn. It's always backward. She turned the knob and pushed the door open. He hasn't been home for over two weeks and she wants to know why. Where did he go, and who did he go to see? Did he travel without me? This she did not like. He is hers. That's how it is. He is hers and she is his. That's how it should be.

Any time you give yourself to someone, they become bound to each other in spirit. That's what his...