Promises and Consequences

Emily/Shenaya's POV

After a long day roaming the streets of Paris with Andrew, we ended up at Lilah’s store, Eleven-Twenty-nine, for a quick break. Lilah had always been our friend, so it was easy to unwind there, chatting and sipping coffee. But the exhaustion of the day began to weigh on me, and I could barely keep my eyes open as Andrew offered to drop me off at the pack house. It was nothing unusual—Andrew had driven me home plenty of times—but tonight, there was a strange tension in the air.

As we got into the car, silence filled the space between us. I rested my head against the window, the cool glass soothing my tired body. I just wanted to go home, crawl into bed, and forget everything that had happened today—especially Aiden.

The silence lingered until Andrew’s voice sliced through it. “Do you know Verona in Italy?” he asked suddenly.

I raised my brows, a little startled. “Yeah, why?”

He kept his eyes on the road. “Have you ever been there?”

“Sure,” I replied while I recalled