Eve’s POV

My heart skipped a bit as she turned towards us, despite wanting this information so bad, it still felt like I was just digging my own grave, I tried to steady my heart by focusing on the sound of the clock, it was stupid but I also tried matching my heart beat with that of the clock, but it did little to nothing for me. Morwenna traced invisible lines on the glass as though her memories were just sketches in her mind.

“Astrid helped me once,” she began in a low voice, “it ...