Chapter 32

“Holly,” he greeted when his eyes caught mines,” are you alright?”

I nodded, hoping he doesn’t take another step closer. I could almost feel the tingling on my skin at the nearness of his body. It made me both nervous and slightly lustful.

“I’m alright, how are you?”

“I’m okay, I just wanted to check on you-“

“I’m okay, you don’t have to do that.”

“Yes I do, I’m the reason you’re in this mess in the first place.”

I didn’t know how to reply to that and so I stayed silent.

“You won’t be here much longer, I’m trying to get a hold of an old friend of mines at the Council-“

“Like that’ll work.”

He’s expression flashed with something like confusion,” I know it feels like you’re going to be stuck here for a while but I’m trying to find a way that I can help, there’s another full moon coming in a couple of days, if I convince father to preform another ritual-“