Chapter 055

[Apple]

It has been a week since Thorne hid me away in this witches' cavern, a home for lost souls, looking for safety.

They call this place Haven. It means a place to feel safe and at home. For witches like myself, witches hiding from wolves, we need a place like this to keep our hearts, bodies, and minds safe.

I've been asked to gather supplies from the border chamber by the neighborhood leader. Thorne had originally agreed to come with me, but he's been too busy working with the witch council on something so "top secret" that he isn't permitted to say anything to me about it. All I know is that he spends his days in close council with the Grand Coven Mistress herself and that many in the high coven have come to depend on him.

I'm proud of my friend, and what he has accomplished, but I know it isn't what he needs from me. What he craves.

"Can't you feel it," he demanded last night as he pulled me into his arms. "The zing is there, Apple. If you just open your heart, you'll feel i