Chapter 173— Life As You Knew It

FREYA

I went back inside feeling better about the whole thing. I decided to stop at the library first to check out the new books Hazel told me about. It was salked up on one of the tables at the entrance, I went through it reading the title and everything. I ended up giving up soon after because I couldn’t get my mind to focus.

Instead I pulled out a chair and sat down, my mind drifting back and forth between talking to Jet or giving him space to process what happened. I didn’t want him to feel like I was forcing him to open up when he wasn’t ready. I recalled the first few days of his escape from the council lab, he had nightmares about it for weeks.

I didn’t want to imagine the thoughts of Claire going there, an idea suddenly occurred to me. I left the library and went to Jet’s study instead, hoping to find anything on Xavier Jacob. Although he was long dead, saying his name out loud felt like a curse.

I looked over my shoulder as the door opened behind me, expecting it to be anyo