Zephyra's POV

I put the finishing touches on the interior plan I was working on and tried to keep my mind off the fact Lirael had canceled on me this weekend. After all, as I had told Freya, this was only meant to be casual. I needed to take things as they came instead of investing too much time and effort trying to figure out what was going on in his head.

Still, disappointment followed me around for the rest of the weekend after he called on Saturday morning and said something had come up. I ...