In Her Shadow

Valerie’s POV

Pushing thoughts of Darius aside, I supposed I could understand my family not wanting to lose me as they had lost Valerie, and that this fear could have led them to keeping me in the dark about a lot of things.

I wasn’t thrilled in any way with this outcome but I could at least understand it, and where they were coming from. I also still loved them deeply. They were more than just my