Chapter 44

SERAPHINA

“Are you falling for the monster?” Freya half-yelled when I returned to the room the next morning. I had forced myself to tell her where I had been the night before, and now she looked at me as if I had betrayed her.

I groaned, grabbed the pillow, and pressed it hard against my ears. I didn’t want to hear her voice, not that early. But she yanked the pillow from me with one sharp pull.

“Don’t hide,” she said, her voice sharp. “Answer me. Are ...