HAZEL

Being in the dining hall and seated all by myself at the large table having brunch felt odd. Aria left to attend to the stuff she promised her Zade, Freya is somewhere in the house. Everyone seemed busy with something which made me feel like a burden even though I came here with the intent of having a mini vacation.

Taken aback by Willow’s abrupt entrance and the fact that she has taken a seat uninvited at the far end of the table, staring me down. Not that she doesn’t have the ...