Thor. Jude and I were able to salvage something beautiful from the war-torn wreckage of our lives—a blissful happiness—that we had paid for in blood. We have worked our way to where we are, losing pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought our happily ever after had arrived in our twisted fairytale, but I was so wrong.

Jude. I found the freedom I had been waiting for. This freedom has come at a great price, and my family is going to pay the price. At any moment, the built facade will collapse. Hard. The life I lived—the other side of the coin—corrupts you, and no matter how hard you try, you can never escape its wrath. Even in death there is no salvation. Love. Fear. Loss. We are walking on very thin ice, and all that is beneath us is destruction.