Vera's POV

I floated above the treetops, deep in the woods west of Blackwood, cloaked in the remnants of my pocket dimension, where I stayed to continue the hallucination spells. I had made sure to layer the pocket dimension with enough cloaking to throw off even the most skilled trackers. She should have been curled into a sobbing mess by now, choking on her own heartbreak. And yet, here she was, Maya.

So how the hell was she here?

I didn’t sense her until she was right on top of me. Her ...