Welcome Back

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They did not stop until Xavier managed to use a backroad to get into the Silver Moon territory without getting recognized. They reached the house around dawn.

They hadn't spoken another word to each other after the rogue attack. Zoe didn't sleep.

Xavier parked the car in front of Zoe's old home beside the woods but neither attempted to get out of the car. Xavier was waiting for Zoe. He wanted to call ahead to let the housekeeper, Aunt Julie know that Zoe would be paying a visit but everything had happened so fast he had forgotten.

Zoe stared at the house.

That place held so many memories. Everything seemed so far away now. She felt like she was seeing the place after a century and not just a few months. Despite her heightened senses, everything seemed to have lost its color. Everything seemed dull and dead. There were no flowers in the flowerbeds. The driveway had neither been used nor cleaned in a while. There were vines growing on the roof and hanging here and there.