Moonlight After the Storm

Graham Prescott once dreamed he betrayed his wife, Evelyn Fitzgerald, for a young woman from a private club, hurting Evelyn again and again. He swore the nightmare could never come true, yet he guarded every document she handed him, avoided the club where he met his friends, and woke at night until he saw her beside him. Eventually they both forgot the dream.

Then Mara Holloway, a student Graham had sponsored, appeared. On their fourth wedding anniversary, Evelyn went into anaphylactic shock from mango-flavored cake, and Graham's gentle defense of Mara chilled the room. That night at Nocturne, Evelyn overheard him admit he had kept and promoted Mara, and that he meant to make the dream's ending his own.

Back at her parents' home, Evelyn found the notarized dissolution agreement Graham had signed before their marriage. She added her own name, and as her attorney prepared to file it, she planned the family's move to New Albion. Graham had chosen the path from his nightmare; Evelyn would now bring that nightmare to life, one step at a time.