hanging on as if he’s not going to let me leave.
“Let her go, Devin,” Kahl demands.
“No. I can’t let her leave me. She’ll never come back,” Devin cries, and now it’s getting harder
to break free.
My chest grows heavy from the panic attack, and Jace walks over to blindside Devin with a
punch. Kry rushes over, but I wave him off.
“He did it for me because I couldn’t,” I defend, making Kry look so torn as to what he should do.
“Adisia,” Devin begs, and it’s almost a prayer when he continues. “Please don’t leave me.”
“Restrain him. I’m taking my daughter with me,” Kahl asserts, and Theia seems as torn as Kry.
“Kahl, there may be an explanation,” she tries to insert.
“Then call me when you have it,” I sob violently.
“No,” Devin protests, and then he rushes to me.
Kahl throws up a flaming wall as a warning, and lightening threatens to strike as the skies open up
for Persia.
“Don’t start a fight here. Adisia just wants to leave right now, and that’s all we’re trying to do,”
Persia neutrally offers.
“Go,” Hale murmurs with a pained tone. “We’ll hold him.”
“No!” Devin yells, and the ocean tries to reach me before Lana pushes back on it.
Hale’s eyes offer an apology for having not found a way to help me sooner, and Devin screams as
his family and friends hold him back.
I cry harder as we flash to the car, and I can hardly breathe as Jace pulls me to his chest once
we’re safely out of reach.
The waves crash fiercely beside us, and I know they won’t be able to hold him for much longer.
He’s too strong, and he’ll only try not to hurt them for so long before he unleashes it all. My
world has just shattered into tiny fragments, and the pieces have been scattered into space.
There’s nothing but emptiness chipping away at the remaining fragments of hope barely
flickering before their inevitable expiration.
Chapter 5
The Tidal Storm
Devin
The dark room is only lit by the full moon casting its too chipper glow through the window. I’m
almost sick as I stare down at the papers she has sent me.
Something as seemingly harmless as another document to examine has shattered me today, for
these papers promise she’s done. They tell me she no longer wants to be my wife, and it’s almost
impossible not to fall apart in front of everyone.
This can’t be happening. This has to be some viciously terrible joke played on me by some son of
Loki. I can’t live without her, damn it.
“Devin?” Kry asks in a sigh as he walks into the room.
“What?” I growl as I push the papers into the drawer of my desk.
“Why are you sitting in the dark?”
“Because I fucking want to. What do you want?”
He frowns at my bitter attitude, but I can’t pretend to be happy right now. None of them have
helped me find her. Most of them want me to just let her go. It’s as if they think this was actually my
fault - as if I kissed Nina of my own free will.
“Devin, this isn’t healthy. You need to shave, shower, eat… act like a person again.”
“Find my wife, and I’ll do all of those things. Until she’s back, what’s the fucking use?”
He grumbles as he flops down in a chair, and then his arms cross over his chest.
“She’ll be at the wedding. What are you going to do?”
I almost get sick. The thought of finally seeing her has me excited and terrified at the same time.
I’ve been waiting a month on this wedding, and I’ve spared no expense to ensure I got a damn
invitation.
“Jake’s wedding is step one to getting her back. I’ll damn follow her home if I have to. If I can
kiss her, she won’t be able to resist. Aphrodite won’t let her stop.”
The door opens to my study to an unbidden guest. Camara walks in awkwardly as she stares at us
sitting in the dark. She shows up randomly all the time though.
“Um, I was just coming to see if you need anything from the store,” she hesitantly
“Let her go, Devin,” Kahl demands.
“No. I can’t let her leave me. She’ll never come back,” Devin cries, and now it’s getting harder
to break free.
My chest grows heavy from the panic attack, and Jace walks over to blindside Devin with a
punch. Kry rushes over, but I wave him off.
“He did it for me because I couldn’t,” I defend, making Kry look so torn as to what he should do.
“Adisia,” Devin begs, and it’s almost a prayer when he continues. “Please don’t leave me.”
“Restrain him. I’m taking my daughter with me,” Kahl asserts, and Theia seems as torn as Kry.
“Kahl, there may be an explanation,” she tries to insert.
“Then call me when you have it,” I sob violently.
“No,” Devin protests, and then he rushes to me.
Kahl throws up a flaming wall as a warning, and lightening threatens to strike as the skies open up
for Persia.
“Don’t start a fight here. Adisia just wants to leave right now, and that’s all we’re trying to do,”
Persia neutrally offers.
“Go,” Hale murmurs with a pained tone. “We’ll hold him.”
“No!” Devin yells, and the ocean tries to reach me before Lana pushes back on it.
Hale’s eyes offer an apology for having not found a way to help me sooner, and Devin screams as
his family and friends hold him back.
I cry harder as we flash to the car, and I can hardly breathe as Jace pulls me to his chest once
we’re safely out of reach.
The waves crash fiercely beside us, and I know they won’t be able to hold him for much longer.
He’s too strong, and he’ll only try not to hurt them for so long before he unleashes it all. My
world has just shattered into tiny fragments, and the pieces have been scattered into space.
There’s nothing but emptiness chipping away at the remaining fragments of hope barely
flickering before their inevitable expiration.
Chapter 5
The Tidal Storm
Devin
The dark room is only lit by the full moon casting its too chipper glow through the window. I’m
almost sick as I stare down at the papers she has sent me.
Something as seemingly harmless as another document to examine has shattered me today, for
these papers promise she’s done. They tell me she no longer wants to be my wife, and it’s almost
impossible not to fall apart in front of everyone.
This can’t be happening. This has to be some viciously terrible joke played on me by some son of
Loki. I can’t live without her, damn it.
“Devin?” Kry asks in a sigh as he walks into the room.
“What?” I growl as I push the papers into the drawer of my desk.
“Why are you sitting in the dark?”
“Because I fucking want to. What do you want?”
He frowns at my bitter attitude, but I can’t pretend to be happy right now. None of them have
helped me find her. Most of them want me to just let her go. It’s as if they think this was actually my
fault - as if I kissed Nina of my own free will.
“Devin, this isn’t healthy. You need to shave, shower, eat… act like a person again.”
“Find my wife, and I’ll do all of those things. Until she’s back, what’s the fucking use?”
He grumbles as he flops down in a chair, and then his arms cross over his chest.
“She’ll be at the wedding. What are you going to do?”
I almost get sick. The thought of finally seeing her has me excited and terrified at the same time.
I’ve been waiting a month on this wedding, and I’ve spared no expense to ensure I got a damn
invitation.
“Jake’s wedding is step one to getting her back. I’ll damn follow her home if I have to. If I can
kiss her, she won’t be able to resist. Aphrodite won’t let her stop.”
The door opens to my study to an unbidden guest. Camara walks in awkwardly as she stares at us
sitting in the dark. She shows up randomly all the time though.
“Um, I was just coming to see if you need anything from the store,” she hesitantly
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