Chapter 6

Alaric POV

Alaric tried to tell himself to cherish the one he had now, but life's rough edges kept reminding him of the one he'd lost.

He started absentmindedly scrolling through his phone late at night, when everything was quiet.

In his contacts, Jocelyn's name was still there, all alone. He'd never thought about reaching out to her before, and now, her number was already disconnected.

He couldn't even find a single photo of her—three years of marriage, and not one picture of them together.

He tried to remember what she looked like, but all he could see was a…