Fifty-One. Gideon

She didn’t look back. Not once.

He was that forgettable.

Did you really expect this would end happily?

Suspicion had tainted his relationship with Rune from the beginning. Gideon had only agreed to this farce of a courtship because he’d believed her to be the Crimson Moth, a belief proven false last night.

He’d been wrong.

So wrong.

And now that he trusted her fully, now that he knew what it felt like to wake up beside her, to believe a life with her was within reach, he’d gone and ruined everything.

Letting his head fall back, Gideon let out a shuddering breath. He deserved every bit of her wrath. After agreeing to Harrow’s asinine plan, Gideon was all that Rune accused him of and more.

Sickening.

A stupid brute.

He deserved to lose her.