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Chapter 6: Falling For Him

LUCIA I should end it. That’s what I told myself every morning. Today’s the day I’ll tell West the truth. […]

WESTLEY(Five Years Ago) I was going to marry Carmen Santos. I knew it the moment she laughed at my terrible

LUCIA I should not be here. I definitely should not be here. But here I was, standing on the porch

LUCIA This was insane. I was sitting across from Westley Archer at a wine bar in Capitol Hill and he

WESTLEY She was sitting next to me. Carmen was sitting next to me. For five years I’d imagined this moment,

LUCIA The espresso machine screamed its familiar shriek, but I didn’t even flinch anymore. Six months of working at Brew

She’s the identical twin nobody remembers. He’s the man who can’t forget her sister. One coffee shop mistake becomes the

[SERA POV – FIVE YEARS LATER] Hope was five years old. Five years of peace. Five years of no attacks.

[SERA POV] Hope was six months old. Growing rapidly. More powerful every day. Telepathic. Conscious. Ancient soul in baby body.

[SERA POV] Hope was two weeks old. Two weeks of constant vigilance. Two weeks of protecting prophesied child from threats.