Bonus Chapter 2: A Creamy Good Time

[Atlas’ POV]

The feeling of an empty space beside me jolts me awake as irrational thoughts begin to overcome me, each worse than the other. Since a week before mine and Avery’s wedding, nightmares of her disappearing on me again began to haunt me, and even now that we were married and even on our honeymoon, the fear that she would just vanish forever still left me in a panic.

As I take in the large empty room around me, the fear continues to grow until it is damn near suffocating and I feel like I’m going to throw up.

Jumping up, I rush out and take in the empty living room. The sight only makes my panic grow.

“Avery!” I call, starting to move again, this time in the direction of the kitchen. “Where are you?”

The sound of the fridge door closing comes in response to my question, and before I can stop myself, I’m rushing forward until I see her standing at the counter with a bowl of fruit in one hand and whipped cream in the other.

“Atlas?” She asks, her eyes widening in shock. “What’s