~Layers Of Lies~

Eira

A few days had passed since Ivy had been taken. The word “abducted” sounded too clean, too neat for what it really was. One moment she was here, and the next she was gone—swallowed by the night with no scent, no tracks, no clue to follow. Whoever had done it was clever, ruthless. The silence that followed was worse than battle. At least in battle, you could see the enemy.

I sat at dinner with Elrich, but neither of us truly ate. I pushed the food around my plate, ...