Teaser: "I-I told you to-" he stares up at the ceiling, breathes in, then breathes calmer out. "I gave you the option, Ivy." I nod. "I-I know." "Then why didn't you?" I stay silent. Shame. Guilt. Pain. Hurts. He huffs out, bittersweet soft annoyance. "Right, you're not supposed to bother anyone." The words roll off his tongue like poison in my veins, though his tone is soft and lax. I don't understand. "You know that's bullshit, right?" He says, voice soft but still cold, still steel, still... intense. --- Jace Carter, the man of her dreams, her idol, turns out to be everything but what she expected.
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