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He felt guilty.

Ridge knew he was the ONLY way Lucian could go deep in the static. They needed that connection to do it.

“I feel like I owe Wynter that. I cheated on her. I broke our marriage when we consummated it here on this plane. I need time to come to grips with it.”

Honestly, Ridge didn’t have to explain. He’d assumed this was going to be what happened.

So, with love and tenderness, he kissed him on the forehead.

“Then, you don’t go in. Oracle will have to figure out a way to help me get into the static. We’ll work it out. You lost your wife. Take all the time you need. The static will be there when you’re back to being strong.”

Still, Ridge felt horrible.

Before he could say anything, Lucian cupped his cheek and caressed his lower lip with his thumb.

“We’ll be okay. Heal your heart. Don’t think of anything else.”

Ridge closed his eyes.

And it was selfish, but he wasn’t sure anything could heal him enough to get him back into the static.

He just didn’t know how to tell Lucian that.

Because that part of him might just be dead.

* * * L I T T L E M O O N * * *

The Courthouse

Seven-Thirty A.M.

Wedding Time

Josh had called in the favors, and he’d gotten a judge to show up at the courthouse to help a guy out.

Today, he and Genesis were tying the knot and making it official. Wherever this was going to take them, he would be doing it at her side.

As her husband.

This was, honestly, for the best, and he knew it.

Why?

Because it felt like something he ABSOLUTELY had to do. The whole night, there was an urgency, as his gut warned him that they needed to be man and wife.

And he always listened to his gut.

This runaway train was going to go out of control at some point, and they would NOT be victims of it.

Trust and believe.

Josh was a big believer in getting ahead of problems, and now, that was where they were going to be. Once they said, ‘I do’, nothing in the universe, including this darkness, was breaking them apart.

PERIOD.

He wasn’t a believer in getting a divorce without a damn good reason.

Like infidelity.