NIRELLE

Lucien left the room after a while and came back up when Zane got to the house. I had not been prepared to see him, and I thought it would take at least a few more weeks before I saw him. He was here now, and it would be extremely weird if I just chose to ignore him while he was around. I had no idea how long he was going to stay at the house, and it felt quite stupid that I would be the one sneaking around.

"Are you ready?" Lucien asked, and I bit my cheeks. I had been chanting in my ...