The Betrayal Within

e ever known, I hope you take the contents o

't want to hurt you with the details, but I can't continue with this marriage anymore. I'm really sorry about this. I love you, forever and always. Make sure you sign the divorce papers attached to this letter. Get a lawyer, but if that's goi

a stupid irony to say 'y

er of the wine cellar. That was the surprise package Zander

ifference would it have made if I'd opened it twenty hours later, just

red wine. She'd been drinking heavily since she read the letter, and she wasn't

just served her divorce papers she'd refused to open, but t

let him know he shouldn't pull this kind of trick on me again,"

anced her way to the basement. She would sit and stare at her glorious wedding

s stopped her in her tracks. Maybe, just maybe, Zander

replace the phone in her pocket, but on a second thought, she

r icon. "Zander?" she said into

ute's silence to Lyra, the vo

s this Lyr

rd. On a good day, she'd have let it swoon her. Bas

o's

with you and discuss a few things."

rry, I think you have the wrong person. I

ur husband, Lyr

she queried, but before he could say anything, a thought occurred to her

der R

personal way. She swallowed hard, setting down the glass she had in h

. It's a bar close to where you l

Tickles. How did he know that b

is insta-" Lyra started to say, but s

he stranger interrupted abrup

uldn't trust this stranger, but her cu

this stranger had to say. I

familiar yearning settled in his stomach as he watched her, the past replaying in his head, against his will. He pictured a chubby girl with braces, and the c

s Lyra Raven, a leery grin on his face. He quickly stood and

ch her hair. Irritated, Lyra swatted at his hand. She could tell

? I'm just trying

uietly, still looking ar

boy had already grabbed her arm. "

ou to get lost. It mean

simultaneously to see the third

red. Irises that were a very dark brown. Almost black. An aristocratic nose. Lips that would look breathtaking

it

owboy, who looked between them in conf

gered away, and Orion led Lyra to

ere's my