SeraphinaWaking up without a job felt like a boring routine; almost the same way I had felt back in Kaelan’s house, and the weight of the sadness rested on me heavily.

Coupled with my conversation with Thorn the previous day.

I had turned him down initially.

“You cannot be serious,” I had told him.

“But I am, Seraphina,” he had said. “For the first time in my entire life, I am finally becoming a responsible man. Am I supposed to let this pass me by?” Thorn had asked pitifully.

I ...