Chapter 24

[Atlas]

Watching Cordelia fall into the street, knowing that I was the one who put her there, made my blood run cold. Regardless of how things may have turned out between us, I would never do anything to risk her safety.

And yet, that is exactly what I did when I let my anger get the worst of me.

I hope she can forgive me.

I was going to send the rest of her things from our house to her new address, but it’s close enough to my office that I decided to hand deliver it. That way I can check in on her at the same time and make sure her injuries do not need greater care. She may not be my wife anymore, but I will always feel honor-bound to be responsible for her.

It is what her sister would have wanted.

But also, it is what I want. I want her to know that she can always depend on me and that she never needs to fear me again.

The drive to her place from my office is short. Soon I am standing on the sidewalk underneath her balcony, looking up at the warm light coming from her