Iris:
I got into the car with Kash. While he stepped toward the driver's side, Lara suddenly bent down into my seat and spoke in a low voice, saying something that made me burn from deep within.
"Consider this your last day sitting right next to him," she told me. "After that, you are just his rejected mate, and I am his official mate and wife."
Before I could turn to respond, Kash had already gotten inside, and Lara's expression changed. She smiled again, waving at us.
I started rolling up my window because I did not want to hear her breathing so close to me. Kash slammed the door shut, and for the rest of the car ride, we barely spoke.
Even while we were getting onto the plane, neither of us said a word. By the time we came back home, I no longer knew what home was. Every place felt temporary to me, somewhere I wanted to escape from.
And then the time came when I had to realize that tomorrow was Kash's wedding.
