Chapter 62

Elly

Eating was a huge mistake. Every bite sat like a rock in Elly’s stomach. It had been a while since the demonic she-wolf made her dramatic exit, and Elly still had not gotten up from the table. She was offered dessert several times and couldn’t bring herself to even look at it.

Rain drummed against the metal roof pushing her further into a daze of thought and anxiety. she wished she had her book. Every time she felt the need to escape or protect herself or even worry about the future she would open her family’s grimoire and look for answers.

More often than not she was met with blank pages. It still calmed her down to hold the book in her arms. Her heart sank just realizing she had no idea where the book was at that moment. The final nail in the coffin for her mood was when Elly realized that without her book for comfort her mind drifted toward Dane and wondered when he would return. As if summoned by her thoughts Dane came walking in a few seconds later.

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