Serena's words accusing Evangeline of being a curse reminded him too much of the time before he found his parents again, when people would look at him and whisper that he was cursed. But Evangeline was never a curse. If anything, she had been a blessing. In those dark years where he was alone, unaccepted, and without a single bond to call family, she had been the only one who stayed, the only one who brought him comfort.
At some point, in Gallagher's eyes, she had even become his only solace, a woman he had come to quietly worship. So much so that he spent the next decade searching for her, no matter what it cost him.
But of course, a woman like that would never remain untouched.
A blessing like her would always draw in the real curse.
The real curse.
Like a man who seemed to accept her, yet was always cloaked in mystery and darkness.
"I heard that it was Lord Hades who told you that Sir Casanova knows Evangeline."
