RIVER

AFTER THE disaster dinner, I felt like I was losing my mind. I didn’t know what to do with my life. What Briar did to me was unforgivable, but so did Krew.

I couldn’t believe he used me. He made me think that what we had was real. It turned out it was only a part of the plot he was orchestrating. Yeah, it was to save my ass, but he could have just told me about his grand plan, and I was willing to do my part to end that terrible chapter of my life.

Now, I didn’t have a job. I lost two people I started to...