Once Upon a Broken Heart

Heroes don’t get happy endings. They give them to other people.

Jacks had stopped the wedding by turning everyone to stone.

“It’s you,” she whispered. “You’re the Prince of Hearts.”

If he loved you back, he wouldn’t be marrying someone else. End of story.

Always promise less than you can give, for Fates always take more.

Do not make bargains with more than one Fate.

And, above all, never fall in love with a Fate.

Don’t—Jacks’s voice turned worried. I’ll come to you.

Evangeline found herself smiling just a little. She liked that he sounded concerned.

“Evangeline—stop looking at me like that. You’re making this much more difficult.”

“I don’t. But you still owe me one more kiss, and until I collect it, you’re mine, and I do not like to share.”

“If I didn’t know you better, I’d say you sounded jealous.”

She knew some people would think this made her foolish, but it was tremendously hard to fully fall out of love with someone when you had no one else to love instead.

t it was never what she really wanted. It was never warmth on her skin, tingling in her toes, or the touch of another person letting her know that she was not completely alone in the world. It was usually just an arrow of heartbreak, or a pinch of regret.
Regret was the worst.